Kessler Scholars Collaborative

The Kessler Scholars Collaborative promotes access and success for first-generation college students nationwide. Our cohort-based program model seeks to close equity gaps and help first-gen students from lower-income households to thrive at these 16 diverse institutions: Bates College, Brown University, Centre College, Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, Queens College, St. Francis College (McGuire Scholars), Saint Mary's College, Syracuse University, The Ohio State University, University of California-Riverside, University of Dayton, University of Michigan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Pittsburgh, and Washington University in St. Louis. The work of the Kessler Scholars Collaborative and campus-based Kessler Scholars Programs is generously supported by the Judy and Fred Wilpon Family Foundation and by Bloomberg Philanthropies.