Graduate School Access Collaborative

Leadership Brainery’s Graduate School Access Collaborative (GSAC) is a monthly virtual roundtable bringing together higher education professionals, nonprofit leaders, funders, policymakers, and students working across the graduate access landscape.

GSAC is designed to offer timely insight, practical context, and space for shared learning as the field navigates a changing education environment.

Upcoming Virtual Meetings

Thursday, March 19, 2026 | 12 PM EST

Topic: Navigating Graduate Financial Aid

Speaker: Zachary Smith, MBA, Regional Director, AccessLex Institute

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Wednesday, April 22, 2026 | 12 PM EST

Topic: Borrowing with Intention: Understanding Student Loans

Speaker: Shawn Morrissey, Director of College Relations, Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority

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Past Meetings

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Topic: Federal Policies Reshaping Graduate School Access

Speakers: Dr. Nicole Smith, Research Professor and Chief Economist & Artem Gulish, MS, Senior Federal Policy Advisor, Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce

  • "Policy environments change. Our commitment to talent, opportunity, and access does not."

    Derrick Young Jr., Leadership Brainery ED