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Leaders at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College rally around the student support program CState Accelerate to improve student success measures and increase funding from donors. Modeling the City University of New York’s Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP), Cincinnati State Technical and Community College launched CState Accelerate in 2015 to support low-income and first-generation students with wraparound supports.

East Central College’s enrollment is down slightly from last fall — at 2,638 students compared to 2,692 — but there are promising opportunities for growth on the horizon, according to

Here is how smart education policy can make community colleges drivers of economic mobility, employment, and dynamism in local communities.

In recent years, CUNY has been nationally recognized for developing innovative academic support programs that have kept students on track for degrees and

One of the most effective actions that Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council can take to achieve this important goal — and revive the middle class dream in

SUNY colleges and universities have experienced a drop in enrollment rates by 6% in their four-year institutions within the last 10 years. A combination of reasons — including financial stress, mental health issues and a lack of access to resources — have led to this rapid decline. 

OLYMPIA — The Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges announced Monday that it and the Washington Student Achievement Council were awarded a one-year $50,000 Accelerated Study in Associate Programs planning grant...

The State University of New York system will bring an academic support program for low-income students, developed in the City University of New York system, to 25 of its campuses this upcoming spring, SUNY chancellor John B. King Jr. announced at a recent system Board of Trustees meeting.

Regional SUNY campuses this spring will start using a program that seeks to help students “succeed toward graduation.”

New York’s public university system is starting a program that uses simple strategies, like transportation money, to keep students enrolled and on the path to graduation.