Clinton Community College’s ASAP program supports Pell and TAP grant-eligible students
CCC News Release of 10/08/25 – PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — Clinton Community College’s successful Advancing Success in Associate Pathways (ASAP) program was highlighted during a special event Wednesday, a program featuring students highlighting how it has helped them achieve and accomplish their goals.
The college’s ASAP program supports Pell and TAP grant-eligible students, providing multiple resources to reduce barriers to successful full-time studies, including a cost of attendance awards after accounting for financial aid, travel and textbook expenses. The program also supports comprehensive personalized advisement services, academic support assistance, and career development activities.
” The ASAP program has provided critically needed funding so we can have staff dedicated to more frequent contact with students to support and guide them from enrollment to graduation,” said Chrisa O’Connell, ASAP Program Director and Academic Advising Coordinator at Clinton. “Students set foot on campus already belonging to a peer group and having identified people to go to in the program for help with whatever they need.”
“Most students also say the financial assistance from ASAP is a great benefit to removing barriers such as textbook costs and transportation. Students tell us that they feel seen and important as part of the ASAP program, which gives us a great sense of pride in what we are doing.”
ASAP’s structured pathways help students gain and maintain academic momentum and create support for students to help dramatically increase completion time for degrees. Supported by the governor and state legislature, ASAP was funded and models a program first advanced by the City University of New York.
“The ASAP program is a big reason why I am graduating, said Joshua Hunter, a recent graduate and student athlete now at Penn State Abington. “They made sure I stayed on track and got any kind of help I needed.”
The college’s program is among the leaders of other ASAP programs in the state system with 66.7 percent of students meeting the on-track to graduate benchmark, based on the total credits accumulated and the term of entry into the program.
To learn more about Clinton Community College and the ASAP program, go to clinton.edu or call 518-562-4128
Posted: October 9th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, County Government News, Education News, Northern NY News.