Systemic barriers to college for low-income and nontraditional students Systemic barriers to college for low-income and nontraditional students The release of a higher education report reveals that nontraditional students have many risk factors and financial barriers to navigate to successfully complete their educational goals.
Celebrating the ‘incomparable’ Class of 2021 Celebrating the ‘incomparable’ Class of 2021 Penn’s 265th Commencement honored students who are defined by their inspiring growth, unrivaled resilience, gracious appreciation, and undoubted ability to create a better future for us all.
Increasing access for students on ‘Faculty Fridays’ Increasing access for students on ‘Faculty Fridays’ For the past few years, PennCAP has hosted “Faculty Fridays” as a means to better connect first generation, lower-income students with the University’s professors. These efforts have continued virtually during COVID-19.
COVID communications and first generation students Marcus Wright, undergraduate program manager and academic coordinator in the Department of Sociology. (Image: Courtesy of OMNIA) COVID communications and first generation students Marcus Wright, undergraduate program manager and academic coordinator in the Department of Sociology and doctoral student at the Graduate School of Education, analyzes academic messaging to expose blind spots.
Class of 2025 Regular Decision admissions results Class of 2025 Regular Decision admissions results The University of Pennsylvania has announced admission decisions for Regular Decision applicants for the Class of 2025.
Student financial ambassadors promote financial wellness Lydia Ko, a junior in the Weitzman School of Design, designed the graphics for the financial education campaigns. Student financial ambassadors promote financial wellness A new team of student financial ambassadors offer peer one-on-one counseling and workshops on personal finance basics as part of the program launched this spring.
Penn Trustees approve 2021-22 undergraduate charges and financial aid budget Penn Trustees approve 2021-22 undergraduate charges and financial aid budget The University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees approved a 2.8% increase in tuition for the coming year, while also approving a $259 million undergraduate financial aid budget.
A Move-In like no other A Move-In like no other Penn undergraduates start arriving on campus to move into College Houses during an extended eight-day period in keeping with pandemic health and safety protocols.
Penn student who aged out of foster care wins prestigious Rhodes Scholarship Philadelphia Inquirer Penn student who aged out of foster care wins prestigious Rhodes Scholarship May graduate Mackenzie Fierceton has been named a Rhodes Scholar, which will allow her to study at Oxford University in England. A virtual Convocation for Penn’s newest students A virtual Convocation for Penn’s newest students Defined by their mission-driven grit and unity as a community, the Class of 2024 is welcomed with open arms—and inspired to ‘make the impossible possible’—during such an unprecedented time.
A virtual Convocation for Penn’s newest students A virtual Convocation for Penn’s newest students Defined by their mission-driven grit and unity as a community, the Class of 2024 is welcomed with open arms—and inspired to ‘make the impossible possible’—during such an unprecedented time.