ASAP in Ohio Yields Successful Results Matthew Dembicki, Community College Daily The nation’s community colleges play a central role in producing a more educated workforce and promoting social mobility. They serve about 40 percent of all college students. But most students who enter these colleges do not graduate—only about a third of entering students earn a degree or certificate within six years.
Three Ohio community colleges that tested the Accelerated Student in Associate Programs (ASAP)—a well-regarded City University of New York (CUNY) effort that requires students to attend college full time and provides robust wraparound students services—are finding success with their own version of the program. | 
