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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
SUNY Cobleskill joins student support program
SUNY Cobleskill on Friday announced that its campus is part of the expansion of SUNY ASAP|ACE, the nation's leading evidence-based retention and completion model. Across SUNY, ASAP|ACE will increase from 4,270 students at 25 SUNY campuses in fall 2024 to 7,050 students at 34 SUNY campuses in fall 2025, according to a news release from the college. 'The College is excited to welcome an initial cohort of students this fall thanks to new funding from the FY26 State Budget that places SUNY ASAP|ACE on the path to reach 10,000 students by Fall 2026,' the release stated. See for more information. SUNY Cobleskill President Marion Terenzio said, 'We are proud to bring ASAP|ACE to our campus and provide these transformative support services to our students this fall. As we continue to remove financial barriers and provide wraparound supports, we're ensuring that our students can focus on their studies and graduate on time with the skills to excel in their career fields. The proven outcomes of ASAP|ACE give us confidence that this investment will make a marked difference in our students' lives.' Advancing Success in Associate Pathways (ASAP) targets associate degree students and Advancing Completion through Engagement (ACE) targets baccalaureate students, both providing financial resources and 'wraparound supports' to remove barriers to full-time study, help students gain and maintain academic momentum, and create a connected community among students, all in service of increasing timely degree completion, the release stated. SUNY Chancellor John B. King said, 'SUNY is committed to the success of every student, and ASAP|ACE is a proven, evidence-based strategy to improve retention and completion. I am thrilled that through Governor Hochul's leadership and the support of the legislature, SUNY is expanding this vital program to even more students and campuses across the SUNY system.' Preliminary outcomes data across current ASAP|ACE partner campuses demonstrate participating students have higher credit completion and persistence rates than similar non-ASAP|ACE students, the release stated. ASAP students pursuing associate degrees have a 20% higher credit completion rate than non-ASAP students (73% versus 61%). ASAP students also have a higher spring-fall persistence rate: 80% for ASAP versus 72% for non-ASAP students, according to the release. Additionally, ACE students pursuing bachelor's degrees at a SUNY state-operated campuses have a 9% higher credit completion rate than similar non-ACE students (89% versus 82%). ACE students also have higher spring-fall persistence rates: 88% for ACE versus 85% for non-ACE students, according to the release.
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
SUNY schools partner on lake management studies pathway
The presidents of SUNY Oneonta and SUNY Cobleskill joined staff, students and alumni from both schools Tuesday, April 22 — auspiciously also Earth Day — to celebrate a new partnership for students studying fisheries science and lake management. Gathering at the SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station on Otsego Lake, SUNY Oneonta President Alberto Cardelle and SUNY Cobleskill President Marion Terenzio signed an articulation agreement, providing qualified SUNY Cobleskill students the opportunity to earn a bachelor's degree in fisheries science while simultaneously taking classes during their senior year at the Biological Field Station to complete a master's degree in lake management. The accelerated dual degree would take students five years, rather than six, to complete. The lake management master's degree is the first, and so far only, program of its type in the country, said SUNY Oneonta School of Sciences Dean Tracy Allen. "This partnership between SUNY Cobleskill and SUNY Oneonta represents the convergence of student aspiration and societal need," Terenzio said. "Our students will move between campuses with purpose, carrying forward our shared commitment to environmental science and management at a time when our natural resources face growing challenges. This Earth Day, we celebrate what higher education can accomplish when we combine our strengths in service of both student mobility and ecological sustainability." Cardelle said the Biological Field Station "is a unique point of pride for our campus." "The station and its scientists are an amazing resource for our students and the broader community," he said. "The lessons we learn from Otsego Lake impact the health of lakes across New York and beyond ... These students will follow a current that begins here, but their work will ripple outward, addressing water quality, climate resilience and the health of watersheds across our region and beyond." The Biological Field Station is a facility of SUNY Oneonta consisting of 2,600 acres with 12 major buildings that house laboratories, classrooms, conference spaces, offices and equipment for research support. The station supports a variety of programs, including the biology department's lake management graduate program, which trains students to become effective water resource management professionals. Students who graduate from the program have gone on to work in government environmental agencies, private fisheries and consulting firms. "This partnership exemplifies what makes our two schools exceptional," said Mark Cornwell, associate professor of fisheries and aquaculture at SUNY Cobleskill, "that's our ability to collaborate in ways that benefit students while addressing critical environmental challenges. Our hands-on, experiential approach to education aligns perfectly with SUNY Oneonta's field-based training model, creating pathways for students to seamlessly transition from undergraduate studies to master's programs and then to the job field." After the signing ceremony, the group headed inside the station where about a dozen SUNY Cobleskill displayed research projects on aquatic life and waterway health. The two school presidents got into two boats and shook hands as the boats met. The lake management studies pathway is the second such agreement between SUNY Oneonta and SUNY Cobleskill. In February of last year, the school launched a similar pipeline that allows graduates of Cobleskill's associate in applied science in early childhood studies program to enter Oneonta's bachelor of science degree program in childhood education/liberal arts as matriculated students with junior status.
