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From the moment when the design for CUNY Prep was originally conceived in the early months of 2003, it was intended to represent a significant break from business as usual in programming for out-of-school youth. At some risk of overstating the shortcomings, business as usual consists of relatively short-term and academically undemanding programs that place a priority on the short-term goals of enabling In part because of its location within The City University of New York, CUNY Prep has more ambitious goals. The program has an explicit emphasis on preparing students for entry into and success in college. On the basis of many years of work with pre-college populations, the staff responsible for developing CUNY Prep at the University’s Office of Academic Affairs was convinced that the depth and breadth of academic knowledge and skill were the most essential elements in high quality preparation for college. It deserves emphasis that conviction led us to design a full-time program with what might be considered a fairly traditional focus on the humanities, math and science. The actual development of the program, reveals both the power of the original idea and the essential ways in which that idea has been adapted by a talented leadership and dedicated staff. CUNY Prep was developed as an integral part of the University’s collaborative programs with the New York City Department of Education. Those programs are intended to increase the likelihood that students in the public schools graduate from high school, enter and succeed in college. CUNY Prep’s students inspire all of us to work harder and achieve more.
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participants to obtain a passing score on the GED tests and/or placement in a job.