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CUNY ACE and ASAP programs funding restoration and enrollment numbers
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Council Member Eric Dinowitz inquires about the restoration of funding for CUNY ACE and ASAP programs, as well as current enrollment numbers. CUNY representatives provide details on funding and enrollment figures.
- The executive plan includes restoration of $9.1 million for CUNY ACE and $5.5 million for ASAP
- Current enrollment is 22,450 students for ASAP and 2,646 for ACE
- CUNY aims to reach 25,000 students in ASAP but faces challenges due to previous budget cuts
- A new part-time ASAP program is being implemented to meet student needs
Eric Dinowitz
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So let's talk about some of the programming that perhaps the 15,000,000 could go to in some spaces.
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CUNY ACE.
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The executive plan includes the restoration of $9,100,000 for CUNY ACE and $5,500,000 for ASAP, including a $1,000,000 baseline for ASAP's leasing cost.
0:46:37
So can you remind us, you mentioned in your testimony, how many students are enrolled in the ACE and the ASAP program and of course how the restoration of the PEG funding and perhaps the 15,000,000 additional dollars may impact the ACE and ASAP programs.
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And then with the restoration of funding, how those numbers may be impacted?
0:47:35
So with the restoration, can the ASAP with the restoration of the PEG, can the ASAP program reach your goal of the 25,000 students?
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But we're not 100% sure if we can meet that goal of 25,000.
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And when do you that's alright.
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When do you know the enrollment numbers for ASAP?
Félix Matos Rodríguez
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Lisa, you wanna jump to that?
0:46:57
Okay.
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So sorry.
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And we did and we did an entire exclusive in addition.
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I'm sure all of you have seen when we do our CUNY campaign that we take over the city and the subways and we wrap around as many places as we can letting people know that they can achieve their dreams.
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We decided to do a specific ASAP focused campaign to be able to bring back some of that enrollment.
0:48:57
It's something that we also emphasized in the relationship with the When we've done the recruitment with the New York City Public Schools and other institutions.
0:49:07
So we assume that that's gonna help to drive some of the numbers.
0:49:11
We also the New York Opportunity Scholarship Program, right, which is the new state program of free community colleges for individuals in certain disciplines.
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We believe that that is also gonna drive traffic to the community colleges by people who wanna be part of that program.
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But, you know, they come with questions.
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And then when we have them there, we might be able to say, you may or may not qualify for this, but ASAP is right here for you.
0:49:38
So we we feel in in in a very good space in terms of being able to rebuild and be able to reach that that number.
0:49:46
We have a much better sense probably by by midsummer in terms of what the enrollment might be for the fall.
Alicia Alvero
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Yep.
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Yeah.
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The annual
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On and off.
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The annual enrollment is 22,450 students for ASAP.
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And ACE, 2,646 students.
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With the restoration, the goal has always been to reach 25,000, but the PEGs have impacted our ability to reach that target.
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We would like to aim for that.
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We are actually starting a part time ASAP program because so many more students are part time students, and so we're finding creative ways to meet the needs of our students and aim to increase enrollment, and we'll evaluate based off of that, but definitely be able to increase.
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20 five thousand.
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Yes.
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From one year to the next, we will have to review and revisit, so I can't make a promise.
0:48:25
When will we know the final?
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I mean, students are currently enrolling now, so it's still very early for fall enrollment projection.