College bound in Montana – Trio programs host 40 students on 3-day campus tour

On a sleepy Sunday morning in Helena, nearly 40 high school junior and seniors from Helena, Butte and the surrounding areas filled a chartered bus beginning a three-day tour of college campuses. Most of these students are either first-generation college students or from low income families. For those students, this kind of trip — specifically designed to expose students to higher education opportunities — would be impossible.

The students are part of federal Trio programs http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/trio/index.html Talent Search and Upward Bound, managed though the Department of Education and Montana Tech. The programs are designed to indentify and provide services for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.

By ALANA LISTOE Independent Record

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