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April 19, 2017
Clare McCann, Iris Palmer, and Stephen Burd's blog post on the effect of Trump's "skinny budget" on higher education was cited in an op-ed in the Hill:
As New America highlighted, TRIO programs and GEAR UP have been the focus of few empirical studies. Those that have been conducted are out of date or yielded inconclusive results, though some TRIO programs have been evaluated and found to have a positive impact.
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Trump’s budget blueprint appears to maintain funding levels for Title III and Title V in FY 2018. Yet New America found that the blueprint mentions funding at $492 million, which actually represents an $85 million drop from FY 2017.