May 12, 2006

Well-Heeled U. of Virginia Tries to Balance Access With Prestige

By KARIN FISCHER

With only 7.6% of its undergraduates getting Pell Grants, the institution tries to attract more low-income students

Last month the University of Virginia's leafy, red-brick campus swelled with high-school seniors, many with anxious parents and unenthusiastic siblings in tow, visiting one last time before deciding where to go to college.

In the end, about 3,100 will start full time at Virginia this fall.

Of that number, only a handful are likely to be from low-income

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