Institutional Partners

Princeton University Programs for Access and Inclusion

The Emma Bloomberg Center for Access and Opportunity enhances and expands Princeton University’s fundamental commitment to the college success of talented first-generation, lower-income (FLI) students. The constellation of programs in the Emma Bloomberg Center includes the Freshman Scholars Institute (FSI); the Scholars Institute Fellows Program (SIFP); the University’s Programs for Transfer, Nontraditional and Veterans Students; the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program; Princeton University Preparatory Program (PUPP); and the Princeton Summer Journalism Program (PSJP). Together, these initiatives support students to, through and beyond their college experience by focusing on academic access, student success and postgraduate pathways.

Freshman Scholars Institute is an eight-week summer program that allows a cohort of entering students the chance to experience the intellectual, cocurricular and social life at Princeton prior to the beginning of the fall semester. 

Scholars Institute Fellows Program provides all first-generation and lower-income students at Princeton with mentorship, academic enrichment and scholarly community throughout their tenure at Princeton.

College Prep Programs and Partners

Princeton University Preparatory Program is a rigorous, academic and cultural enrichment program that supports high-achieving, low-income high school students from local districts.

Princeton Summer Journalism Program aims to diversify college and professional newsrooms by encouraging outstanding students from low-income backgrounds to pursue careers in journalism. The program welcomes 35-40 high school juniors (rising seniors) from low-income backgrounds every summer to Princeton’s campus for an intensive, 10-day seminar on journalism.

Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America (LEDA) is dedicated to diversifying the national leadership pipeline by helping high-achieving students from under-resourced backgrounds gain admission to our nation’s most selective colleges and supporting their success at these institutions. Princeton has served as the host and sponsor of the program’s Aspects of Leadership Summer Institute since the program’s founding.

AI4ALL is designed to teach artificial intelligence to high school students from underrepresented groups. Princeton hosts and sponsors a summer program.

The W.E.B. Du Bois Scholars Institute is a leadership development organization for adolescents and secondary students from families and communities who have experienced historical barriers to achievement and opportunity. Princeton hosts the institute’s various programming.

Warrior-Scholar Project is an immersive experience of  one- and two- week academic workshops or “boot camps” provided free of charge to enlisted veterans and held at America’s competitive colleges and universities.  Princeton hosts and sponsors the project’s two-week summer academic workshop.

Matriculate is a nonprofit that has partnered with Princeton to connect high-achieving, lower-income high school students with successful college students.

College Horizons is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to increasing the number of Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students succeeding in college and graduate programs.

College Greenlight is the leading advocacy network dedicated to supporting first-generation, lower-income, and historically underrepresented students on their path to higher education.

U.S. Military Partnerships

The Yellow Ribbon Program can help you pay for higher out-of-state, private school, foreign school or graduate school tuition and fees that the Post-9/11 GI Bill® doesn’t cover.

Princeton is a proud partner with Service to School (S2S), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides higher education counseling through professional advisers and peer networks at no cost to veteran applicants. We are part of a small group of institutions involved in their S2S VetLink initiative, launched in 2015 to connect these counselors with our admission representatives.

The Warrior-Scholar Project is an immersive experience of one- and two-week academic workshops or “boot camps” provided free of charge to enlisted veterans and held at America’s competitive colleges and universities. Princeton hosts and sponsors the project’s two-week summer academic workshop.

Leadership Scholar Program helps exceptional Marines who want to pursue their education at highly selective schools after they transition out of the Marine Corps, with an emphasis on junior enlisted Marines.

National Outreach and Engagement

The American Talent Initiative (ATI) seeks to substantially expand access and opportunity for talented, low- and moderate-income students at the nation’s colleges and universities with the highest graduation rates. President Eisgruber is a member of ATI’s steering committee.

The Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) is a nonprofit organization established in 1981, dedicated to furthering the expansion of college opportunities for low-income, first-generation students, and students with disabilities in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., the Pacific Island and Puerto Rico. The program supports member organizations hosting Federal TRiO programs Talent Search, Upward Bound, Upward Bound Math/Science, Veterans Upward Bound, Student Support Services, Educational Opportunity Centers, and the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program.