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Updated student outcomes for the Metro Academies at SF State and City College

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Updated student outcomes for Metro Health at City College

Click here to see updated student outcomes for Metro Health of City College of San Francisco.

Public campuses mimic private university experience

By Nanette Asimov Published on June 25, 2012  in San Francisco Chronicle. Original article can be found here.   Consider two very different college experiences: In one, freshmen at costly private schools sweep into a circle of like-minded students, benefit from … Continue reading

Metro Highlighted in Campaign for College Opportunity’s “What Works Now”

We are delighted to be profiled as one of the Campaign for College Opportunity’s practices with promise.  Download out the full report here.

Students Find Success in Metro Academy Programs

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Eduardo Ochoa Original blog post can be found here. After watching Camille Jackson blossom in the Metro Academy program at City College of San Francisco, her mother was inspired to go back to school … Continue reading

Metro Academies Star on Capitol Hill

Article published in City Currents March 21, 2012. By Vicki Legion Health Education Dept. of City College Co-principal investigator of the Metro Academies Initiative Full article available here.   The City College Metro Academy program was presented as a national … Continue reading

College retention program highlighted on Capitol Hill

Originally published at www.sfsu.edu. Original article can be found here.   Mar. 7, 2012 — SF State officials were in Washington D.C. on March 1 for a Capitol Hill briefing on Metro Academies, an innovative program that is increasing college … Continue reading

Focused on retaining students in first two years

By Ellie Ashford, Published March 7, 2012   Original article published in www.communitycollegetimes.com and can be accessed here.   A partnership between a San Francisco community college and university that has improved at-risk students’ persistence and completion rates is gaining … Continue reading

California colleges take back seat to California prison

By Carolyn Lochhead   San Francisco State University President Robert Corrigan, who is retiring this year, and Provost Sue Rosser noted today in Washington that California is spending nearly as much money on prisons ($8.7 billion, or 9.45 percent of … Continue reading

What Spurs Students to Stay in College and Learn? Good Teaching Practices and Diversity

by Dan Berrett, The Chronicle of Higher Education | Original Article   Good teaching and exposure to students from diverse backgrounds are some of the strongest predictors of whether freshmen return for a second year of college and improve their … Continue reading

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Persistence into fifth semester

The Metro Academy of Health at SF State is our most mature program. Metro helps students build momentum because 100% of core classes satisfy graduation requirements for associate's and bachelor's degrees—regardless of whether classes are taken at a community college or university. Metro puts students on a clear, fast track to graduation and success.
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