{"id":13754,"date":"2025-08-11T16:47:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T16:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/?p=13754"},"modified":"2025-09-29T15:24:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T15:24:47","slug":"star-tribune-highlights-funding-uncertainty-for-federal-trio-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2025\/08\/11\/star-tribune-highlights-funding-uncertainty-for-federal-trio-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Tribune highlights funding uncertainty for federal TRIO programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-11-at-11.41.58-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11904 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-11-at-11.41.58-AM-300x31.png\" alt=\"Minnesota Star Tribune logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"31\" \/><\/a>Augsburg University Assistant Professor of Psychology Gisel Suarez Bonilla &#8217;18 and TRIO McNair Scholars Program Director Maria &#8220;Tina&#8221; Tavera were recently interviewed by the Minnesota Star Tribune about funding uncertainty for federal TRIO programs. TRIO includes eight programs targeted to serve and assist low-income individuals, first-generation college students, and individuals with disabilities to progress through the academic pipeline from middle school to postbaccalaureate programs.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Each [program] helps a slightly different population get into college or be successful in college,\u201d Tavera said. \u201cThey\u2019re setting an example and they\u2019re guiding the whole family to learn about the academic system.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Augsburg operates two TRIO programs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/triosss\/\">TRIO Student Support Services<\/a> provides comprehensive academic, financial, and personal planning and support for up to 160 students as they progress toward graduation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mcnair\/\">TRIO McNair Scholars<\/a> supports 26 juniors and seniors annually in preparing for graduate study.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/federal-funding-still-in-limbo-for-college-access-programs-for-low-income-first-generation-students\/601449106?utm_source=gift\">Read more from the Star Tribune: &#8220;Federal funding still in limbo for college access programs for low-income, first-generation students&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Augsburg University Assistant Professor of Psychology Gisel Suarez Bonilla &#8217;18 and TRIO McNair Scholars Program Director Maria &#8220;Tina&#8221; Tavera were recently interviewed by the Minnesota Star Tribune about funding uncertainty for federal TRIO programs. TRIO includes eight programs targeted to serve and assist low-income individuals, first-generation college students, and individuals with disabilities to progress through <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[241],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13754"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13962,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13754\/revisions\/13962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}