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Texas TRIO Vision & Mission
Vision Statement
The Texas TRIO Association (TX TRIO) seeks to support, create, develop, improve and extend educational, financial and cultural opportunities for every TRIO participant to develop to his/her full potential.
Mission Statement
The Texas TRIO Association (TX TRIO) is the representative body for TRIO professionals from colleges, universities and agencies that host federally-funded TRIO educational opportunity programs in the state of Texas. TX-TRIO is dedicated to advocating for the TRIO movement by creating opportunities for TRIO professionals and participants with professional development and support.
The mission is accomplished through the following: implementing educational training and outreach initiatives, developing state resources, empowering state leadership and involvement in political issues that impact TRIO programs, providing scholarship opportunities, optimizing opportunities to reinforce and increase proficiency in technology, and increasing effective communication and brand recognition that furthers public awareness of the needs of disadvantaged students enrolled in or aspiring to post-secondary education.
TX TRIO BYLAWS & CONSTITUTION
The Texas TRIO Association (TX TRIO) is governed by our BYLAWS and CONSTITUTION.|
WHAT IS TRIO? Our nation has made a commitment to provide educational opportunity for all Americans regardless of race, ethnic background or economic circumstance. In support of this commitment, Congress established a series of programs to help low-income Americans enter college, graduate and participate more fully in America's economic and social life. These programs are funded under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and are referred to as the TRIO Programs (initially just three programs). While financial aid programs help students overcome financial barriers to higher education, TRIO programs help students overcome class, social and cultural barriers to higher education. TRIO programs are very effective and many students from first generation and low-income families depend on them to succeed in high school and college. Since 1965 an estimated 2 million students have graduated from college with the special assistance and support of our nation's TRIO Programs. TRIO is made up of the following programs:
Who is Served As mandated by Congress, two-thirds of TRIO students must be low-income individuals who are (potential) first-generation college students. More than 2,700 TRIO programs currently serve nearly 866,000 low-income students. Many programs serve students in grades 6-12. 22,000 students with disabilities and more than 25,000 U.S. veterans are currently enrolled in TRIO programs. 37% of TRIO students are white, 35% are African-American, 19% are Hispanic, 4% are Native American, 4% are Asian-American, and 1% are listed as "Other," including multiracial students. How it Works More than 1,000 colleges, universities, community colleges, and agencies now offer TRIO programs. TRIO funds are distributed to institutions through competitive grants. Evidence of Achievement Students in the Upward Bound program are four times as likely to earn an undergraduate degree than students from similar backgrounds who did not participate in TRIO; nearly 20% of all Black and Hispanic freshmen who entered college in 1981 received assistance through the TRIO Talent Search or EOC programs; students in the TRIO Student Support Services program are more than twice as likely to remain in college compared to students from similar backgrounds who did not participate in the program. |