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Matt Meyers: Don’t lock out opportunity — TRIO cuts are class warfare on college dreams Matt Meyers August 1, 2025 July 31, 2025

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At Pennsylvania Institute of Technology, a small, mission-driven college outside Philadelphia, nearly two-thirds of our students are first-generation college-goers. Most are adults juggling work, caregiving and financial pressures. They don’t arrive with legacy or wealth. They come with grit — and often without a roadmap.

That’s where TRIO comes in. Our federally funded Student Support Services (SSS) program provides academic coaching, mentoring and guidance that help students persist and graduate. Without TRIO, many of our students wouldn’t earn their degrees. Some

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