Penn GSE is committed to creating a place where everyone feels supported to learn and grow. 

Our Mission: Penn GSE partners with schools, universities, and communities to expand educational access – especially for those underserved by society. Through rigorous research and innovative programs, we develop new knowledge, and transformational teachers and leaders in pursuit of educational opportunity.

The Penn Compact 2020 affirms inclusion as a means toward the essential ends of higher education: equalizing opportunity, educating leaders for all sectors of society, and enriching the experience of all members of the University community. Penn GSE remains strongly committed to initiatives that support efforts to achieve an educational and employment environment that is diverse in race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, interests, abilities, and perspectives. We strive to attract a diverse community of students and faculty, to provide an accessible, rigorous education, and to improve our local and global communities through education. Visit Penn GSE's webpage on Diversity & Inclusion for more information about the school’s diversity efforts.