AccessUVa changes risk leaving low-income students in the dust
Not much fuss was made in the lead up to Aug. 3, 2013, when members of the Board of Visitors voted to make changes to AccessUVa, the University’s financial aid program. Strategic cuts — the elimination of all-grant offerings — were made in an effort to save around $6 million from the University’s annual budget. As word of the changes spread, and once students and faculty returned to Grounds in the fall, opposition to the changes arose.