U of I Coeur d'Alene TRIO

TRIO programs are funded under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. While student financial aid programs help students overcome financial barriers to higher education, TRIO programs help students overcome class, social and cultural barriers. Additional funding is earned through grants.

There are two TRIO programs represented at University of Idaho Coeur d'Alene: Educational Talent Search and Silver Valley Upward Bound.

Educational Talent Search (ETS) is funded to serve over 700 students in 6th through 12th grade within Kootenai County, as well as adults. Schools currently served include all of Post Falls School District schools, Lakeland Junior and Senior High Schools, Mountain View High School and Venture High School in Coeur d’Alene.

Silver Valley Upward Bound (SVUB) serves 65 students in the Silver Valley area. SVUB currently serves Kellogg High and Wallace High. SVUB Advisors work in these schools as career and college readiness liaisons. During the summer, SVUB students participate in a six-week summer residential program on college campuses.