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Haiti Relief Fund

Click here to donate to the national relief efforts — such as those being led by the American Red Cross and former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush — to help aid in providing long-term assistance to the Haitian community.

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National College Opportunity Programs Leadership Summit — (March 20-21)

30^th Annual Policy Seminar — (March 21-23)

26^th Annual Seminar on Relations with the U.S. Department of Education — (March 24)

The Council for Opportunity in Education invites you to D.C. to take advantage of the most important opportunity that has been available to advance the interest of low-income, first-generation, and disabled students in decades! — more

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Investing in Innovation (I3) — Free Proposal Writing Workshop for Institutional Members

One of the proposed competitive priorities for I3 Funding is for Innovations that Support College Access and Success. The Council for Opportunity in Education believes that many current college access programs – Talent Search, Upward Bound and GEAR-UP as well as state and privately funded programs – have the potential to prepare competitive proposals for I3 funding and we are delighted to be able to offer this workshop as a means of assisting you in doing so. — more

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Southeastern Oklahoma State University’s Al White Scholarship for Talent Search Students

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St. Olaf Talent Search alumna and current Student Support Services & McNair student featured on Minnesota Public Radio — TRIO Program Fuels College Dreams

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Coverage of Oklahoma TRIO Day events leads the evening news in Oklahoma City

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Click here to view the latest issue of Equality and other publications in the COE Subscriptions Community. Login with your username and password, click on “Access your Communities” and then on the “Subscriptions” Community.

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A new report by the Pell Institute for Opportunity in Education, “Bridging the Gaps to Success: Promising Practices for Promoting Transfer Among Low-Income and First-Generation Students", highlights the work of six Texas community colleges with higher-than-expected transfer rates among their students. — full report

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National Studies Find TRIO Programs Effective at
Increasing College Enrollment and Graduation (.pdf)

Published by the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education.

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Addressing Study Error
in the Random Assignment National Evaluation of
Upward Bound (.pdf)

Prepared by Margaret Cahalan and published by the Council for Opportunity in Education.

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College Success for
Low-Income, First-Generation Students (.pdf)

Published by the Pell Institute.

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Upward Bound Math-Science: STEM Enrichment Education That Works (.pdf)

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Creating a Program Policy and Procedures
Manual (2^ND Edition) — Manual Order Form (.pdf)

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Priority #2 — Training on: budget management; and the legislative and regulatory requirements for operation of the Federal TRIO Programs.

Priority #4 — Training on: student financial aid, and college and university admissions policies and procedures – for staff working on projects funded under any of the TRIO Programs.

Click here for details, including dates and locations.