Goals
FAEA's goals for the Pathways program include:

• Improving higher education admission policies and practices to enable a greater number of qualified low-income or disabled students to apply and access the institution
• Increasing the admission, matriculation and graduation rates of marginalized students
• Developing student academic and social supports to include marginalized students
• Improving the curriculum to increase cultural awareness and inclusiveness

Target Population
FAEA's Pathways program has reached out to low-income students, women, and physically challenged individuals to expand opportunity to higher education.

Outcomes
As the intermediary between the Ford Foundation and India's Pathways institutions, FAEA has:

• Improved university outreach, recruitment and/or admission policies and practices. FAEA has developed a "Selection Index" that has been used by the colleges to select students for their Pathways program.
• Developed courses, programs or groups to enhance cultural awareness and inclusiveness. For example, FAEA has helped the Sahyadri College in Shimoga to initiate the Social Research Project that builds community engagement. St. Anthony's College in Shillong has developed the program "Building Bridges" that promotes diversity and tolerance and encourages peaceful solutions to tribal conflicts in India's North-East.
• Developed remedial or supplemental courses for Pathways students. Pathways institutions, such as Stella Marris College in Chennai or Lady Doak College in Madurai, have developed courses on life skills and IT training for their students.
• Gained greater visibility from the media and government officials. India Today ran a cover story on the Pathways program at Presidency College in Kolkata in a special issue on June 5th, 2006. Pathways institutions in Lady Shri Ram College in New Delhi and Loyola College in Chennai have developed newsletters, respectively titled Anubhuti and Women's Voice. The Minister of Education with the government of Kerala recognized the program in a speech at M.E.S. Mampad College in Kerala. In addition, the Ministry of Human Resource Development presented an award to Holy Cross College in Ambikapur for their contribution to tribal development.