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But while the Excelsior Scholarship program is growing, CUNY students and community college students statewide continue to be underserved.  \nby Eli Dvorkin and Brody Viney  \nNew Yorkers across the state are confronting growing fears about their economic futures, fueled by the immediate impact of coronavirus and the threat of an impending recession. As job losses mount in the service sector and businesses close, many New Yorkers are likely to respond by opting to pursue a college credential—and with it, a shot at more stable employment down the road.  \nIn this challenging environment, New York State will have to do more than ever to ensure that low-income students can afford to obtain a college degree. But despite its well-intentioned purpose, New York State’s flagship free tuition program—the Excelsior Scholarship—is still serving just a tiny fraction of the state’s lower-income students, limiting the effectiveness of this highly touted initiative.  \nThis first-ever analysis of data from the first two years of the program—2017 and 2018—finds that strikingly few students atthe City University of New York (CUNY) and at community colleges across the state are receiving the scholarship. The Center for an Urban Future first analyzed awards from the Excelsior Scholarship’s inaugural year in August 2018. This new report provides the first look at awards from both the first and second year of the program and finds that the results remain cause for concern.  \nOur analysis finds that CUNY community college students remain particularly underserved by the program. A total of only 335 scholarships, amounting to less than $1.3 million, were awarded to students across CUNY’s seven community college campuses in 2018—just 1 percent of the total funding awarded that year. Just nine students at Hostos Community College and ten students at Bronx Community College received awards in 2018, the lowest numbers of any colleges in the state.  \nCUNY students received just 4,073 (16 percent) of the 25,100 scholarships awarded in 2018, despite making up 39 percent of the state’s enrolled undergraduate students. Statewide, community college students at CUNY and the State University of New York (SUNY) make up almost half of all students but received just 4,797 (19 percent) of the scholarships awarded in 2018—down from 4,975 (24 percent) in 2017.  \nAlthough CUNY students and community college students across the state remain notably underserved by the Excelsior Scholarship, our analysis finds that total awards grew significantly in the program’s second year. The number of scholarships awarded increased from 20,458 in 2017 to 25,100 in 2018—a 22.7 percent jump—and total scholarship funding increased more than 40 percent in the program’s second year. Overall, the share of New York undergraduates receiving Excelsior funding increased from 3.2 percent in 2017 to 4 percent in 2018.  \nAmong our key findings:  \nExcelsior Scholarship is serving very few CUNY students and few community college students statewide.  \n CUNY community college students remain particularly underserved by the program. Just 335 scholarships, totaling less than $1.3 million, were awarded to students across CUNY’s seven community college campuses. This represented just 1 percent of the total funding awarded under the program in 2018.  \n Overall, CUNY students continue to be underrepresented among scholarship recipients in 2018. CUNY students received 4,073 (16 percent) of the 25,100 scholarships awarded in 2018, despite making up 39 percent of the state’s enrolled undergraduate students. The share of scholarships awarded to CUNY students remained unchanged from 2017.  \n Statewide, community college students at CUNY and SUNY make up 47 percent of all undergraduates but received just 4,797 (19 percent) of the scholarships awarded in 2018. 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