TRiO

 

TRiO

 

TRiO @KCC

The mission of TRiO Student Support Services Program is to connect students with disabilities, first-generation, and low-income students (only one criterion is required), who are US citizens or resident aliens, to opportunities to meet their goals. TRiO facilitates the development of academic proficiencies for persistence and the development of leadership competencies and civic engagement skills for professional success. The program connects students to a major which comports with their interests and abilities, and individualizes educational plans with the tailored provision of resources, services, and tools for optimal goal achievement. TRiO Works!

As a support program, TRiO has a high graduation rate since we offer an array of services and interventions such as advisement, counseling, coaching, and college knowledge workshops. At TRiO, we work backwards. We ask what you want to do the day after graduation, and then we help you get there. We are an outcomes-based program to ensure purposeful education at KCC.

History

Student Support is one of 11 federally funded TRiO grant programs funded by the U.S. Department of Education. All TRiO programs serve the aforementioned student subsets (students with disabilities, first generation, and low-income students) since the US DOE deemed these three groups least likely to graduate without support. Student Support serves undergraduate students and was one of the first three TRiO programs; Upward Bound and Talent Search, which continue to serve high-school students, comprised the other two - thus the name TRiO. 

Currently there are 11 TRiO programs, but the name has not changed. TRiO programs serve students at various levels of their education and there are TRiO programs for designated populations such as veterans and STEM majors. There are over 2,700 TRiO programs at more than 1,000 colleges and universities in the United States which serve close to one million students. TRiO students are part of a large study community throughout the United States. 

Opportunity for you

Come see us at TRiO@ KCC in D-124. We accept students at any point in their education, and at any time of the year. Come today.




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  • TRiO
    Location: Suite D-124
  • Phone: 718.368.4850

  • We are open Monday- Friday from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm with flexibility for pre-arranged appointments.

    TRiO ACCEPTS NEW STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CALENDAR YEAR.