When community college student Djulieta Ismaili-Jean first stepped onto Princeton’s campus this summer, she noticed a sign that immediately inspired her. “It referenced Princeton making audacious bets on human potential,” she said. “It was like a Eureka moment. That is exactly what the Transfer Scholars Initiative is doing. Princeton is investing in human capital with programs like this.”
The Transfer Scholars Initiative (TSI) is a new partnership between the University and New Jersey community colleges that aims to extend Princeton’s academic outreach and strengthen the outcomes for promising students considering transfer to selective four-year schools. The endowment-enabled initiative is funded by Princeton and is the University’s first transfer program focused solely on non-Princeton students. To read the full story.