Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP)

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Evidence · 6 claims (5 for, 1 mixed) · 1 study (1 quant-synthesis), q4 · 1 of 1 report an effect size · 6 claims rest on one study

Description

A three-year City University of New York programme that combines financial, academic, cohort-based, and personal supports to help community-college students complete associate degrees.

Components

Claims

• ASAP costs about $14,029 per student over three years, with no direct program costs billed to students [+M]
• The evidence base for ASAP rests on two randomized controlled trials meeting WWC standards without reservations, out of eight identified studies [+M]
• ASAP likely increases college access and enrollment rates [+M]
• ASAP likely increases credit accumulation and persistence rates [+M]
• ASAP likely increases community college students' graduation and degree attainment rates [+M]
• ASAP showed no statistically significant effect on enrollment in any college at the sixth semester in the Scrivener et al. (2015) trial [~M]

Related Products and Programmes

• College Promise

Key Sources

• What Works Clearinghouse, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. (2019). Supporting Postsecondary Success intervention report: Accelerated Study in Associate Programs. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/695

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