American Economic Journal:
Applied Economics
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Supporting Community College Students from Start to Degree Completion: Long-Term Evidence from a Randomized Trial of CUNY's ASAP
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
vol. 11,
no. 3, July 2019
(pp. 253–97)
(Complimentary)
Abstract
Nationwide, graduation rates at community colleges are discouragingly low. This randomized experiment provides evidence that graduation rates can be increased dramatically. The City University of New York's (CUNY) Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) is a comprehensive, integrated, 3-year program that has an estimated 18 percentage point effect on 3-year graduation rates, increases 6-year graduation rates by an estimated 10 percentage points, and helps students graduate more quickly. Graduation effect estimates of this magnitude are exceptional in randomized experiments conducted in higher education, offering hope of what is possible when serving low-income students.Citation
Weiss, Michael J., Alyssa Ratledge, Colleen Sommo, and Himani Gupta. 2019. "Supporting Community College Students from Start to Degree Completion: Long-Term Evidence from a Randomized Trial of CUNY's ASAP." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 11 (3): 253–97. DOI: 10.1257/app.20170430Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
- I23 Higher Education; Research Institutions
- I24 Education and Inequality
- I28 Education: Government Policy
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