The White House budget proposal released this month would make significant cuts to college-prep programs for low-income and first-generation students but promises to do so guided by evidence of which ones are effective.
The problem, higher ed policy analysts and researchers say, is that there has been little in the way of comprehensive evaluations of the programs under the umbrella of TRIO and Gear Up in more than a decade. And supporters of such services say if the Trump administration is interested in re-evaluating those programs, officials should do so before cutting funding across the board.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/03/28/questions-about-efficacy-college-prep-programs-white-house-vows-evidence-based-cuts
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