Pathway To the Baccalaureate

Specialties

Pathway is a highly successful, award-​winning initiative that addresses barriers to college access, success and completion for thousands of at-​risk students in Northern Virginia through an effective collaboration among K-​12, community college and university partners.

History

Established in 2005.

Pathway was founded in 2005 by Northern Virginia Community College, Fairfax and Loudoun County Public Schools and George Mason University, who share a common goal of improving college access, success and completion for underrepresented students in higher education living in Northern Virginia.

Meet the Business Owner

Kerin H.

Business Owner

Kerin Hilker-​Balkissoon grew up in an apartment complex not far from NOVA. When she began her studies at the University of Massachusetts, she nearly flunked out of school after just one semester. Hilker-​Balkissoon realized that college students have a difficult transition to make. Today, as the Director of the Pathway to the Baccalaureate program, she is helping students overcome many of the hurdles she faced during that first year of her higher education experience.