Fgli Consortium

The FGLI (First-Generation, Lower-Income) Consortium is a national non-profit organization serving faculty and administrators by providing community, resources, and thought leadership around the experiences of first-generation and/or lower-income college students at selective universities and colleges – institutions where FGLI students have historically experienced barriers to access and success, and have thereby been underrepresented. We build a close knit professional community of administrators and faculty at these institutions, centering generous knowledge-sharing and affirming the identities and experiences our colleagues bring to this work. We serve as thought leaders at and to selective colleges and universities across the nation – both implementing and consulting on asset-based practices and policies that uplift and support FGLI students in these contexts, with a focus on access and success. In this spirit, we also partner with colleagues in non-profit, community-based, and related organizations who aim to create pathways for their students to the very institutions where we do this work. We aspire to a transformed higher educational system–one redesigned to ensure that all students, especially those who face barriers in their pursuit of education, have an equitable opportunity to thrive intellectually, personally, and socially.