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Ohio Community Colleges Implement CUNY Program to Improve Graduation Rates

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Three of Ohio's community colleges have implemented a program piloted in the City University of New York (CUNY) system.  The program aims to accelerate the timeline for underserved students to complete their associate's degree by removing the barriers impacting students.  The goal is to raise community college graduation rates.

Stephanie Sutton, Assoc. Provost, Enrollment Mngmt. & Student Success/Registrar, LCCC 
Dr. J. Michael Thomson, President, Tri-C, Eastern Campus