College & Career Access

The Starr Hill Pathways program includes a three-week summer experience on Grounds, weekly tutoring, six day-long programs during the school year, and smaller group get-togethers for UVA athletics events and other outings. A family support component sets Starr Hill Pathways…

Cville Tulips is an emerging group of refugee women and children in the Charlottesville area. We gather for English lessons, conversation, art, and youth programming. Transportation provided for those who need it.

Rent exploitation, when tenants are overcharged in rent relative to the value of the property in which they reside, is one way landlords contribute to high rent burdens in low-income neighborhoods. Building on new ways of measuring rent exploitations, the Equity Center…

The Starr Hill Pathways program is designed to offer Charlottesville area youth, career and college exploration and support them, as rising 7th graders through high school.

The Equity Center at the University of Virginia, in partnership with the Charlottesville Department of Human Services (DHS) and Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, released the latest version of the Stepping Stones Report, which provides updated, comprehensive data on…

Student projects and community partners lined the halls of the University of Virginia's John Paul Jones Arena at the Starr Hill Pathways end-of-camp showcase on Thursday, after three weeks of adventure and creativity.

Horses, engineers, nurses and others helped guide local students toward potential vocations in the Starr Hill Pathways Program.

The UVA Equity Center’s Starr Hill Pathways Program is a newly launched initiative that encourages children from backgrounds where a college education isn’t guaranteed to explore universities, and prepares them to apply for college. In this inaugural three-week summer program,…

Community leaders and University of Virginia faculty and administrators have teamed to launch a groundbreaking initiative that seeks to build better relationships between UVA and the Charlottesville community and tangibly redress racial and socioeconomic inequality.