The American Youth Policy Forum and MDRC are hosting a webinar, Replicating Success: CUNY’s Accelerated Study in Associate Programs, on Thursday, March 19, 2:00-3:15 pm (ET).

In 2007, The City University of New York (CUNY) launched Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) at all six of the then-existing CUNY community colleges. ASAP requires students to attend college full time and provides them with a rich array of supports for three full years, including a tuition waiver that covers any gap between a student’s financial aid and tuition and fees, special seminars and block-scheduled classes, high-touch advising, career services, MetroCards for use on public transportation (conditional on participation in other program services), and free use of textbooks. ASAP also provides support to students to take winter and summer courses. New results from MDRC’s random assignment evaluation show that ASAP is nearly doubling the three-year graduation rate for developmental education students, as well as increasing transfer rates to four-year institutions — at a lower cost-per-degree than regular CUNY services.