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  • SAP Highlighted in The White House College Opportunity Day of Action

    December 4, 2014 | News

    ASAP highlighted in The White House College Opportunity Day of Action. More>> See moments from the White House event here.

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CUNY Expands ‘ACE’ Program to Lehman College

The City University of New York is expanding its promising Accelerate, Complete and Engage program to Lehman College. The program at Lehman will begin in Fall 2019 and serve 125 first-time, full-time freshman, and 125 full-time transfer students who enter with an associate degree. Read more>>

Wall Street Journal’s “Student Debt in America and the Hope of Affordable Education” video addresses student debt in the United States, and how the debt has reached record levels. Wall Street Journal Mentions ASAP as a program “gaining national attention for helping students earn a college degree and escape the burden of loans they would struggle to repay.”  Watch here>>

Image of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & PensionsUniversity Dean for Student Success Initiatives and ASAP Executive Director, Donna Linderman [41:46-46:26] was a featured witness at the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pension full committee meeting on “Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act: Access and Innovation” on January 25, 2018, speaking on the benefits and success of Accelerated Study in Associate Programs.

CUNY ASAP is featured on Growing Up NYC, a website featuring over 50 programs focused on education, child development, enrichment, and health. Visit Growing Up NYC to learn more.

The power of fully supporting community college students.

Following up after six years, MDRC finds that ASAP increases graduation rates and enables some students to earn their degrees sooner….

CUNY’s Accelerate, Complete, Engage (ACE) program cited in Politico as “CUNY Celebrates First Graduate from New Program.” ACE Student, “Piotr Tandek recently graduated John Jay College of Criminal Justice with his bachelor’s degree in two years.” Read more>>

 The Journal of Higher Education has published an article on the benefit-cost study of ASAP conducted by Henry Levin and Emma Garcia, finding that ASAP generates returns to the taxpayer that vastly exceed the public investment required. Access the article here: Accelerating Community College Graduation Rates: A Benefit-Cost Analysis.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

How CUNY Community Colleges Make Intensive Student Support Work Read more>>

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NEW* January 2017: Six-Year Outcomes of ASAP Students: Transfer and Degree Attainment Read more>>

PBS NEWSHOUR

ASAP featured on PBS NEWSHOUR Watch>>

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