| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 55.91 |
| Liaison | Jessica Spence |
| Submission Date | July 26, 2019 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Central New Mexico Community College
PA-7: Affordability and Access
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.20 / 4.00 |
Does the institution have policies and programs to make it accessible and affordable to low-income students?:
A brief description of any policies and programs to minimize the cost of attendance for low-income students:
CNM as an opens admissons college does not discriminate on the basis of academic or college readiness. The college provides a wide variety of educational opportunites to meet the various academic and educational needs of our students. The options include Adult Basic Education English as a Second Language, Non-Credit Options, Credit Options and workforce training. CNM also provides educational opportunties at an affordable costs. http://www.cnm.edu/depts/enrollment/registration/Tuition.html
A brief description of any programs to equip the institution’s faculty and staff to better serve students from low-income backgrounds:
New Faculty Institute: The NFI is designed to orientate Facuty and Staff on diversity of the students at CNM.
A brief description of the institution’s programs to guide and prepare students and families from low-income backgrounds for higher education:
CNM participates in partnership with LULAC to prepare economically and academically disadvantaged students transition to Higher Education. Students are introduced to the college experience through courses offered on the college campus, plus students visit various 2 and 4 year institutions.
A brief description of the institution's scholarships for low-income students:
Legislative Scholarship, http://www.cnm.edu/depts/financial-aid/scholarships
Advantage Scholarship
New Mexcio Scholarship
Book Scholarships
CNM Foundation Scholarships http://www.cnm.edu/depts/financial-aid/scholarships/foundationschol.html
A brief description of the institution’s targeted outreach to recruit students from low-income backgrounds:
CNM has an non discriminatory admissions process, "open admissions". There is an Admissions Free application.
A brief description of the institution’s other policies or programs to make the institution accessible and affordable to low-income students:
Recruitment programs reaches out to High Schools to assist with on site admissions.
Does the institution have policies and programs to support non-traditional students?:
A brief description of the institution’s scholarships provided specifically for part-time students:
The Legislative and Advantage scholarships are eligible to receive scholarships as part-time, three quarter time. In addition, CNM Foundation Scholarships are made available for part-time students.
A brief description of the institution’s on-site child care facility, partnership with a local facility, and/or subsidies or financial support to help meet the child care needs of students:
CNM has a 30 year partnership with the City of Albuquerque and the Community to provide childcare to CNM students on a sliding scale. For those students who can not affort childcare, the college also provides childcare scholarships to assist those student who are economically disadvantaged.
A brief description of the institution’s other policies and programs to support non-traditional students:
CNM Connect provides integrative services to support at risk students transitioning into college. The program provides
Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (tracking accessibility and affordability)? (If data is not available, select 'No'):
The percentage of entering students that are low-income (0-100):
The graduation/success rate for low-income students (0-100):
On average, the percentage of need that was met for students who were awarded any need-based aid (e.g. as reported to the U.S. Common Data Set initiative, item H2) (0-100):
The percentage of students graduating with no interest-bearing student loan debt or for whom no out-of-pocket tuition is required (i.e. the percentage of graduates who have not taken out interest-bearing loans) (0-100):
Estimated percentage of students that participate in or directly benefit from the institution’s policies and programs to support low-income and non-traditional students (0-100):
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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