Chancellor on student success programs and food security
The Chancellor highlights ACE program outcomes doubling three-year completion rates, CUNY Accommodate increasing disability services enrollment 25% to 13,800 students, and CUNY CARES in the Bronx helping over 1,000 students enroll in SNAP.
At a time of heightened uncertainty for immigrant communities, the Council's support for CUNY citizenship now is more important than ever so that we can continue serving the thousands of New Yorkers who depend on us.
Our proven models of student success
continue to set national standards.
The ACE program more than doubles three-year completion rates for associate degree students, while ACE participants have achieved four-year graduation rates 12.4 higher than non-participant peers.
We're also leveraging technology to improve accessibility.
CUNY Accommodate has streamlined disability services, leading to a 25% increase in enrollment for these services, now reaching a record 13,800 students.
The CUNY CARES model in the Bronx, in its first two years, has helped over 1,000 Bronx students enroll in SNAP.
Collectively bringing an estimated $2.96 million into their household budgets to combat food insecurity.
This work is complemented by CUNY's system-wide network of campus food pantries, supported in part by the City Council's Food Insecurity Program.