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Sunday, February 21, 2010

Research Project Update

I would like to put everyone in the picture of my research project and to kind of give an update of what I am doing. My topic actually is based on TRIO program; a federally funded educational opportunity for the under-represented people both in America and the Pacific Island. Those in America include Latinos, African Americans, and Natives/Alaska natives. And those in the Pacific Island among others are Samoans. It is interesting to know that people with disabilities are also included in this rewarding program. TRIO works in a way hand in hand with McNair program even though it is an independent body. In any case, I am going to be discussing in my final project all of these programs under one main topic of TRIO.
However, according to the sources from the website, TRiO is a set of seven federally-funded educational opportunity outreach programs and one staff training program that seek to motivate and support students from disadvantaged backgrounds, namely low-income, first-generation students. TRiO programs, currently serving nearly 850,000 students from middle school through post-graduate study across America, provide academic tutoring, personal counseling, mentoring, financial guidance, and other supports necessary for educational access and retention. TRiO programs provide direct support services for students, and relevant training for directors and staff. The TRiO programs were the first national college access retention programs to address the serious social and cultural barriers to education in America. TRiO began as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty. The Educational Opportunity Act of 1964 established in experimental program known as Upward Bound. Then in 1965, the Higher Education Act created Talent Search. Finally, another program, Special Services for Disadvantaged Students (later known as Student Support Services,), was launched in 1968. Together, this “trio” of federally-funded programs encouraged access to higher education for low-income students. By 1998, the TRiO programs had become a vital pipeline to opportunity, serving traditional students, displaced workers and veteran. The original three programs had grown to eight, adding Educational Opportunity Centers in 1972, Training Program for Federal TRiO programs in 1976, the Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program in 1986, Upward Bound Math-Science in 1990 and the TRiO Dissemination Partnership in 1998. Another program associated with Trio in a way is the Ronald E McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program which is a highly competitive program funded by the U.S. Department of Education to prepare undergraduate college students in their sophomore through senior year who are low¬-income, first generation, and/or underrepresented in graduate education for doctoral education. The program was named in honor of the astronaut who died in the 1986 space-shuttle explosion. Currently, there are 179 programs nationally assisting students in the attainment of their education and personal academic goals through participation in research, faculty mentorships, and other scholarly activities.

4 comments:

  1. This blog posting is chock-full-of interesting and useful information. While I did not know about the TRIO program, I am familiar with Talent-Search, a program I think is affiliated with TRIO, yet is directed toward high school students and their college preparatory avenues. I like that your going to focus in this direction for your project.

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  2. Lots of interesting information here, Lami! Now the trick will be to hone in one one aspect of the TRIO program as it manifested itself on this campus and over time. Perhaps a focus on TRIO at a particular time, or on campus's early responses to TRIO or on this programs earliest effects on the surrounding community.

    We'll talk more about this soon.

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  3. Just two things:

    1. No response for 3/1?
    2. What about your required tour (and annotations) of items contained in the Digital Collections? See end of post at http://eng677.wordpress.com/2010/02/16/agenda-216/ for more details.

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  4. Thanks Debbie and Shannon. Well I was not able to post response for 3/1 but I am going to do that this week. Two response in one week. I was actually sick. That will never happen again. Trust me.

    Debbie,I do not know about Talent-Search that you said is affiliated to TRIO for high school students. But I am aware of Upperbound program; a branch of TRIO which is designed for high school children. Maybe, there are the same I am not sure. However, I will find out. Thanks.

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