Accelerated Study in Associates Program is a fast track program - you take 15 credits per semester, you get your degree in 2 years. ASAP features include individualized course schedules, required full-time study, and comprehensive and personalized academic and career advisement. Financial incentives include tuition and fee gap scholarships for financial aid-eligible students who have a gap between their financial aid award and tuition, assistance to reduce (or eliminate) the cost of textbooks, and unlimited MetroCards for all ASAP students. Some colleges don't offer ASAP, but offer ACE, which is similar to ASAP.
CUNY Language Immersion Program helps students who need to improve their academic English skills before taking college courses. CLIP students pause their CUNY acceptance until they finish the program. Once they finish it, they will be able to resume their college courses. Courses are offered in-person, online, or hybrid. There are different options you can choose from: 6, 12, or 16 weeks. It's a commitment of 25 hours/week.
Math Start prepares increases students' understanding of math and prepares them for college-level coursework. If you have math remedial needs, then Math Start might be of interest to you. You can enroll in a semester long or an intensive summer program. Shorter cycles cost $35 while the semester-long programs cost $75. This program provides a next-step pathway to ASAP.
College Discovery offers need-based financial aid, tutoring services, skill building and career development workshops, and academic counseling. This program helps support students who otherwise might not be able to attend college due to educational and financial circumstances. Seek is a similar program to College Discovery and offers similar benefits.
Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP)
The Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) provides a broad range of services to New York State residents who, because of educational and economic circumstances, would otherwise be unable to attend a postsecondary educational institution. Each HEOP institution must ensure that HEOP students are provided with sufficient academic support services, tuition assistance, supplemental financial assistance, and full need packaging to enable them to successfully complete the institutional components required for graduation.
HEOP Objectives
Provide access to postsecondary education to eligible students
Identify, evaluate, and recruit eligible students and enable them to complete a higher education experience
Improve the retention and graduation rates of disadvantaged students
HEOP Services
Provides funds to assist in the screening and testing of prospective students
Provides structured academic support services including a pre-entry summer program, counseling, tutoring, and remedial/developmental coursework
Provides supplemental financial and tuition assistance toward their college expenses
HEOP addresses students needs by
Introducing students to college expectations via a pre-entry summer program.
Offering academic, career, financial, and career counseling.
Providing one-on-one and small-group tutoring.
Offering remedial, developmental, and support services .
The State University of New York's Arthur O. Eve Educational Opportunity Program provides access, academic support and financial aid to students who show promise for succeeding in college but who may not have otherwise been offered admission. Available primarily to full-time, matriculated students, the program supports students throughout their college careers within the University.