CUNY launches community college experiment
If community college students enrolled full-time, learned basic skills in for-credit classes, took a well-planned schedule of courses together, received mandatory tutoring and counseling . . . The New...
View ArticleStudy: ASAP cuts cost per graduate
City University of New York’s ASAP program is cost effective when measured by dollars per degree, concludes a new study by Henry M. Levin and Emma Garcia. At six community colleges, more than half of...
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29% are on completion track
How Full-Time are “Full-Time” Students? asks a Complete College America a policy brief. Not very. Students who take 12 units a term are considered full-time — they’re eligible for full federal aid —...
View ArticleASAP isn’t for everyone
Student retention has improved at New York City community colleges that offer the ASAP program, writes Matt Reed, in response to an Atlantic story. ASAP requires students to enroll full-time and...
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15 credits for the price of 12
Community College of Philadelphia students can 15 credits for the cost of 12, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer. Pay for 12 credits – the equivalent of four courses – and the college picks up the tab...
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