Learn How to Connect Assessment Results to Career Options with MEFA Pathway
Learn how students in grade 6-12 can use the Get to Know Yourself assessment in MEFA Pathway to learn more about themselves and use this knowledge to discover potential career paths.
Career Path Tool with MEFA Pathway
Learn how students in grades 6-12 can use the Career Path tool in MEFA Pathway to explore incremental steps they might follow to reach a desired career by identifying stepping stone, similar, and advanced careers.
Learn About MEFA Pathway’s Discovery Zone Activities for Middle School Students
Learn how Discovery Zone activities in MEFA Pathway promote early exploration and introduce students in grades 6-8 to potential career and postsecondary planning options.
Compare Colleges with MEFA Pathway
Learn how students in grade 9-12 can use the College Compare tool in MEFA Pathway to find colleges and universities that match their preferences and to help them build out a final college list.
Learn How to Create Goals and Strategies in MEFA Pathway
Learn how students in grades 6-12 can create, document, and update short and long-term academic, career, and personal goals and strategies in MEFA Pathway.
Transition from Middle to High School with MEFA Pathway
Learn about features available for students in grades 6-8 in MEFA Pathway, the importance of early exploration & discovery, and how this builds a strong foundation that helps students in the transition to high school.
90 Seconds with MEFA: The U.Fund
As the Massachusetts 529 college savings plan, the U.Fund offers affordability, flexibility, and powerful tax advantages. MEFA's Associate Director of College Planning Jonathan Hughes explains how the U.Fund works, how the money is invested, and which expenses the funds cover.
ABLE to Work
ABLE Savings Plans are designed to help individuals with disabilities save for short and long-term disability expenses, and there are additional plan benefits to help account owners save even more. MEFA's Associate Director of College Planning Jonathan Hughes explains what you need to know about the ABLE to Work Act and the Saver’s Credit and how these can help boost your savings.
The Attainable<sup>®</sup> Savings Plan
MEFA's Associate Director of College Planning and Content Creation Jonathan Hughes explains how the Attainable® Saving's Plan works, how much individuals can save, and what constitutes a qualified expense.
MassEdCO Fall Forum Financing a Postsecondary Education from Start to Finish
We all know that college is a significant expense for students and their families. But there are so many action steps that students can take, starting as early as middle school, to help them reduce their postsecondary costs and make the best financial decision for themselves and their family. Within this MassEdCO Fall Forum, an expert panel walk through the college planning process from middle school through college graduation and touch on the critical decision points for students and how to navigate them wisely. Panelists discuss using career aspirations to help inform college selection, which data is truly important in the college search, key programs that lower college costs, navigating college spending and budgeting, loans, and so much more. Panelists include Mark Bilotta, CEO of MassEdCO, Apelila Joseph, MEFA Pathway Program Manager, Ebony Marsala, Director of Financial Aid at Boston College, Tim Poynton, Associate Professor at UMass Boston, and Bill Smith, Assistant Vice President of Student Financial Assistance at Stonehill College.