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Goals
 The Pathways to Higher Education program at St. Xavier’s College provided access to a high quality education to disadvantaged students. To achieve this mission, the Pathways program at St. Xavier’s College focused on improving or developing:

• Tutoring, counseling and career guidance programs
• Sensitivity training for faculty
• English communications and computer skills
• Integration of disadvantaged students into the mainstream student community

Target Population
 The Pathways program at St. Xavier’s College reached out to minority students and those from marginalized castes.

• Helped ensure steady retention figures of disadvantaged students
• Improved teaching skills of 22 faculty members through several trainings including a three-day workshop designed to enhance facilitation skills
• Raised awareness of the various tribal cultures represented at the University by sending ten faculty members to visit the homes of students from tribal regions
• Enhanced English language and computer skills and also employability of students through a 25-day course attended by 20 students over three summers