
SIFP Trip to D.C.

Three students looking at a book
Our Vision
We envision a world that is equitably structured, such that all students and their families can imagine and fulfill expansive possibilities for their lives, navigate educational spaces with agency and confidence, enrich their communities, apply their knowledge and values for social good, and experience abundant joy.
Our History
Established at Princeton in 2021, through a substantial gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Emma Bloomberg Center for Access & Opportunity supports and empowers students to, through and beyond college.
While EBCAO was officially established as a Center in 2021, Princeton has a long-standing commitment to access and opportunity. The creation of the Center provided a chance to build synergy and connection between heritage programs like PUPP and FSI, while making space to innovate with new initiatives to meet the emerging needs of our FLI students–and to share our learning with the broader education community.

SIFP Trip to Arizona, 2016
Our Mission
Located within the Office of the Dean of the College at Princeton University, the Emma Bloomberg Center for Access and Opportunity advocates for and supports first-generation/lower-income (FLI) and other historically excluded student populations at Princeton University and beyond. We provide academic enrichment, professional development, and wellness resources that facilitate student access and success to, through, and beyond their undergraduate careers. With community at the core of our programming, the Emma Bloomberg Center offers students a dedicated space to affirm their intersectional identities and to nurture their sense of belonging in their educational journey. The Center also informs and strengthens similar efforts in the field of education, with local and national partners, serving as a hub for innovation in college access and student success.