Events

Snapshot from the first meeting of Working Group 2: Credit Mobility & Transfer, featuring attendees and Dr. Sarah Kuczynski’s, Director of New England Prison Education Collaborative and Transfer Initiatives presentation. The meeting brought together representatives from Amherst College, Greenfield Community College, Holyoke Community College, Smith College, and Springfield Technical Community College, along with community advocates […]

TBD This gathering was part of our ongoing effort to help participants see the system — to recognize that we are all part of shaping the realities students face. By mapping connections between policies, practices, and personal experiences, we began to see more clearly how individual roles, decisions, and assumptions influence access to education and opportunity.

Working group members gathered at Amherst College, one of our partners in the Unlocking Pathways Initiative. Western Mass CORE brought together financial aid experts from across local colleges and universities for its first working group– Working Group 1: Financial Aid & Tuition meeting. Working group members mapped out elements of the financial aid landscape and […]

Student Advisory Council members at our first meeting discussing their role in the next year of planning.  The Unlocking Pathways Student Advisory Council (SAC), composed of eight student leaders, met for the first time to discuss the barriers justice-impacted learners face in accessing college opportunities. Together, SAC members developed a shared vision and mission to […]

Regional Advisory Members engaged in identifying ways to expand post-secondary education opportunities The Unlocking Pathways Regional Advisory Council (RAC), made up of fourteen leaders from corrections, education, reentry, and the community, met for the first time to review data underscoring the need to expand postsecondary education opportunities for justice-impacted learners in Western Massachusetts and the […]

A snapshot from the Unlocking Pathways Virtual Kickoff Convening Western Mass CORE held its Unlocking Pathways Virtual Kickoff convening that brought together students, corrections leaders, college partners, and community organizations. The initiative, supported by Ascendium Education Philanthropy, is a year-long regional strategy to expand postsecondary opportunities for justice-impacted learners. A link to the convening can […]