The 14-Year Effects of CUNY ASAP on Educational and Labor Market Outcomes
This report revisits a randomized controlled trial of the CUNY ASAP program that began in 2010 and assesses the program’s long-term impacts on educational attainment and labor market outcomes over fourteen years.
Implementing the Federal Work-Study Program: A Resource Utilization and Cost Study at Six CUNY Colleges
Using information and cost data from several CUNY campuses, this brief describes the FWS program’s core administrative components, estimates the campus costs of its implementation, and shows how program scale, staffing, and technology shape these costs.
Beyond Financial Aid: How CUNY Colleges Connect Students to Federal Work-Study Jobs
Drawing on student surveys, staff interviews, and administrative data, this brief describes the pandemic-era evolution of the FWS program across multiple undergraduate CUNY colleges, highlighting institutional management challenges, student access issues, and common academic benefits of work-study jobs.
The Returns to Degree Completion at CUNY’s Community Colleges
Drawing on more than a decade of data, this report examines earnings returns for CUNY community college associate degree program entrants, showing substantial long-run gains from degree completion and distinguishing between terminal associate degree completion and pathways involving bachelor’s attainment.
Transitioning From ESL to Corequisite English Courses at CUNY
This report describes how placement processes, departmental structures, ESL course sequences, and instructional models at five CUNY community colleges shape learners’ access to and experiences in corequisite or standalone college-level English courses.