Framingham State receives $28K to transfer in more Black & Hispanic students

Photo | Grant Welker Framingham State University

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By Sam Bonacci

Framingham State University will be taking part in a new, national initiative to increase transfer rates from community colleges to four-year colleges for Black, Hispanic, adult and first-generation learners.

The Equity Transfer Initiative will manifest locally in a partnership between FSU and MassBay Community College in Wellesley. The two-year, $27,500 award from ETI will be used to increase transfer and completion for underrepresented populations using transfer pathways. These transfer pathways represent avenues to easily allow students to carry forward their education from a community college to a four-year institution.

“Increasing and improving upon transfer and completion opportunities for underrepresented student populations is critical to supporting their educational goals and career aspirations,” FSU President Javier Cevallos said in a press release.

The goal for FSU and MassBay is to place at least 100 students in one of five transfer pathways by the end of the first year and 300 or more total by the end of the second year.

Work on the project will begin this month and run through fall of 2022. The program is funded by ECMC Foundation in Los Angeles and Ascendium Education Group of Wisconsin.