Postsecondary Pathways Out of Poverty: City University of New York Accelerated Study in Associate Programs and the Case for National Policy

Diana Strumbos; Donna Linderman; Carson C. Hicks

RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences

Postsecondary Pathways Out of Poverty: City University of New York Accelerated Study in Associate Programs and the Case for National Policy
Diana Strumbos, Donna Linderman, and Carson C. Hicks

Figure 1.

Associate Degree Attainment

Source: Authors’ calculations using CUNY administrative data.

Note: A two-tailed t-test was applied to differences between ASAP and comparison group students. Total sample size was 6,462 (3,231 in the ASAP group and 3,231 in the comparison group). Estimates are adjusted by college and cohort using fixed effects.

***p < .001

Direct correspondence to: Diana Strumbos at diana.strumbos@cuny.edu, City University of New York, 16 Court St., Room 417, Brooklyn, NY 11241;

Donna Linderman at donna.linderman@cuny.edu, City University of New York, 16 Court St., Room 3202, Brooklyn, NY 11241;

Carson C. Hicks at CHicks@cityhall.nyc.gov, Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity, 253 Broadway, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10007.

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