Who We Are
The Educational Partnership Center at UC Santa Cruz is home to eight programs that support under-resourced K-12 schools, their students, and their families across the Pajaro Valley, Monterey Bay, and Silicon Valley. In collaboration with campus, community, state, and national partners, we incorporate research-based strategies to help students access and succeed in college. We leverage each program’s expertise and services to maximize outcomes for local students, their families, and our community.
Our Vision
Every student will be prepared to access and succeed in college.
Our Mission
We build educational equity and create opportunities for socioeconomically disadvantaged students and first-generation college students in the communities we serve by forging partnerships and empowering students with knowledge, tools, and support systems to access and succeed in college.
Our Values
UC Santa Cruz Educational Partnership Center is firm in its commitment to compliance with anti-discrimination laws, including state and federal anti-discrimination laws and the provisions of California’s Proposition 209, which prohibits State of California entities from engaging in “discrimination or preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in public employment, public education and public contracting.”
