These programs help poor students with college. Trump wants to pull the funding

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(Sol Cotti for NPR)A looming ‘demographic cliff’: Fewer college students and ultimately fewer graduates The long-predicted downturn in the number of 18-year-olds is almost here. MOREHEAD, Ky. — The summer after ninth grade, Zoey Griffith found herself in an unfamiliar setting: a dorm on the Morehead State University campus. It places high school students in college dorms during the summer, where they can take classes and participate in workshops on preparing for the SAT and financial literacy. COE is a nonprofit that represents TRIO programs nationwide and advocates for expanded opportunities for first-generation, low-income students. One program called Student Support Services (SSS) provides tutoring, advising and other assistance to at-risk college students.