University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Master of Science in Organizational Dynamics Theses Organizational Dynamics Programs 8-29-2017 First Not Last: A Not-So-Modest Proposal to Support First- Generation, Low-Income Students at the University of Pennsylvania Monica Yant Kinney University of Pennsylvania,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.upenn.edu/od_theses_msod Part of the Educational Leadership Commons, Educational Methods Commons, Higher Education Commons, and the Student Counseling and Personnel Services Commons Kinney, Monica Yant, "First Not Last: A Not-So-Modest Proposal to Support First-Generation, Low-Income Students at the University of Pennsylvania" (2017). Master of Science in Organizational Dynamics Theses. 82. https://repository.upenn.edu/od_theses_msod/82 Submitted to the Program of Organizational Dynamics, College of Liberal and Professional Studies, in the School of Arts and Sciences in Partial Fulfillment for the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Organizational Dynamics at the University of Pennsylvania Advisor: John Eldred This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/od_theses_msod/82 For more information, please contact
[email protected]. First Not Last: A Not-So-Modest Proposal to Support First-Generation, Low- Income Students at the University of Pennsylvania Abstract First-generation, low-income (FGLI, pronounced “figly”) students, including women, underrepresented minorities, and undocumented immigrants, represent a growing presence in higher education. These ambitious scholars arrive at community colleges and four-year public and private university campuses with characteristics that set them apart from middle-class and affluent classmates whose parents earned college degrees. These differences exacerbate at elite institutions historically known for educating wealthy students.