‘Increasing Access’: How the 1vyG Conference Strengthens the FGLI Community at Penn and Elsewhere

When Amy Gutmann was appointed president of the University of Pennsylvania in 2004, only one in 20 students at Penn identified as the first in their families to attend college.

But, her ambitious vision, the Penn Compact, outlined three core values: inclusion, innovation and impact to propel the University forward. And inclusion, advancing accessibility to higher education, particularly among first-generation, low-income, or FGLI, students, has been a priority since her inaugural address.