TRiO Educational Opportunity Center
The University of Idaho TRiO Educational Opportunity Center (EOC) was just awarded a new 5-year grant funded at $230,000/year through the U.S. Dept. of Education. Our target area comprises Ada and Canyon Counties and will provide college access services to at least 1,000 adults/year, primarily those who are of limited income and potential first-generation college graduates.
Call and set an appointment, 208-364-9925, to meet with one of our advisors. We have three outreach offices to provide convenient, confidential, one-on-one post-secondary access information and services: 1-The University of Idaho Boise, located at The Water Center Building; 2- Nampa Working Solutions; and 3- Treasure Valley Community College, Caldwell Center.
TRIO is an educational opportunity for low-income and disabled Americans. In support of the commitment to providing educational opportunity for all Americans regardless of race, ethnic background or economic status, Congress established a series of programs to help low-income Americans enter into postsecondary education activities. Students continue their education at community colleges, technical programs, four-year institutions and more.
TRIO at the University of Idaho
For high school students:
Educational Talent Search, Upward Bound, Upward Bound Math Science
For college undergraduate students:
Student Support Services
For college graduate students:
McNair Program
Evidence of Achievement (Source: Council for Opportunity in Education)
Students in the Upward Bound program are four times more likely to earn an undergraduate degree than those students from similar backgrounds who did not participate in TRIO; nearly 20 percent 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 than those students from similar backgrounds who did not participate in the program.