In 2014, three Ohio colleges set out to improve access and success outcomes for low-income students by adapting the City University of New York’s (CUNY) innovative Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP). A new report from MDRC looks at the eight-year findings from the ASAP Ohio programs.

ASAP provides an array of supports to students, including intensive advising, special classes, tuition waivers and assistance with transportation and other basic needs. A goal of the program is to make it possible – financially and otherwise – for students to attend college full time and complete a degree within three years.

Ohio was the first state to replicate ASAP outside of New York, officially launching the program at Cincinnati State Technical College, Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) and Lorain County Community College (LCCC).

The MDRC report shows that not only did Ohio ASAP participants have improved college success rates, but the program also improved their post-college outcomes….

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