ANNUAL CONVENING

All In: The 2024 CCA Annual Convening

November 18-20 in our home city of Indianapolis, marking 15 years of impatient reformers driving the college completion movement.
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PRESS RELEASE

Complete College America Awards Visionary Higher Education Policymaker with Top Honor

Dr. Tristan Denley recognized by higher education reform nonprofit for transformational impact on student success and college completion.
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PUBLICATION

Complete College, America: Harnessing the Power of Higher Education to Renew American Democracy

New White Paper Urges Colleges to Renew Focus on Civic and Democratic Engagement Amid Increasing Polarization
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PUBLICATION

Creating Nimble Teams

In Creating Nimble Teams, CCA describes how to overcome campus archetypes to implement transformational change and support student success.
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CCA ALLIANCE

North Dakota Joins the CCA Alliance

Burgum, North Dakota University System announce membership in the Complete College America Alliance
North Dakota joins national coalition of states working to raise college completion rates

HBCU DIGITAL LEARNING

HBCU Digital Learning Infrastructure Initiative

Complete College America releases new research highlighting need for digital transformation efforts at HBCUs, calls for increased investment in technology upgrades and physical infrastructure to boost student success
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CCA PROFILED BY DIVERSE: ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Moving the Needle on Graduation Rates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education profiles the evolution and leadership of Complete College America in a profile of the organization.
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EQUITABLE AI

CCA Council on Equitable AI

The Council on Equitable AI urges policymakers, technologists, and funders to proactively consult the Council and disrupt systemic inequities by integrating AI into higher education rather than continue to perpetuate them.
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CCA VIRTUAL

CCA On the Air

Listen to candid conversations with higher education leaders on a variety of topics related to college completion, student success, and advancing CCA’s mission to eliminate institutional performance gaps.
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AMPLIFICATION LAB

The CCA Amplification Lab

The Complete College America (CCA) Amplification Lab elevates the voices and stories from the leaders, practitioners, elected officials, and impatient reformers across the CCA Alliance.
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It’s Time to Reimagine the System

Our nation’s higher-education system is in need of serious reform, from classrooms all the way to state capitols. That’s why CCA insists on a three-part approach to shifting policy, perspective, and practice—the only way to ensure lasting change that produces more equitable outcomes for students.

Policy

Advancing policies that increase graduation rates across institutions, states, and the entire higher-ed system.

Perspective

Shifting mindsets to build student-centered campuses and remove barriers to graduation.

Practice

Promoting strategies that transform the student experience—then helping colleges implement those strategies successfully.

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Building Movements

Through research and insights, national issue advocacy, a growing Alliance, and strategic initiatives, we are creating a groundswell of support for the most forward-thinking ideas in higher education.   See The Latest

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Transforming Institutions

We bring institutional leaders together with policymakers and higher education experts to create shared transformation agendas for states, systems, and consortia. By aligning stakeholders who often work in silos, we unlock powerful change. Get Started

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Complete College America Evolves

Explore our updated brand

Our newly refreshed identity reflects our unwavering mission: empowering every leader, every campus, every system with the innovation needed to make a lasting impact.

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Designing the College Experience Around Students

Evidence shows that what’s too often framed as student failure is, in reality, an institutional failure. While colleges and universities have historically assumed that a “one-size-fits-all” approach works for most students, CCA believes the most impactful institutions create equitable outcomes by understanding the unique needs of every student and building clear, supportive pathways to graduation across four critical areas of the student journey.

Purpose

Aligning the college experience to each student’s goals for the future.

Structure

Building course road maps that make the path to a degree or valued workplace credential clear.

Momentum

Designing multiple avenues for students to get started, earn credits faster, and stay on track to graduate.

Support

Addressing student needs and removing barriers to academic success.

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Announcement
Complete College America Releases 2023 Progress Report Highlighting 15 Years of Driving College Completion Movement

Complete College America Releases 2023 Progress Report Highlighting 15 Years of Driving College Completion Movement

Scaling Completion looks ahead to our next phase of work to increase college completion rates and promote equity on a nationwide scale while highlighting our expanded capacity and efforts from the past year. It also outlines CCA's future efforts to boost graduation rates and close institutional equity gaps through statewide transformation projects, equitable tech adoption strategies, reimagined funding models, and more.

April 11, 2024
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All In: The 2024 CCA Annual Convening

Nov 18-Nov 20, 2024

Indianapolis, IN

All In: The 2024 CCA Annual Convening

Join us November 18-20 in our home city of Indianapolis. Register today for All In: The 2024 CCA Annual Convening.

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Resources & Toolkits
CCA’s Resources for Generative AI and Student Success

CCA’s Resources for Generative AI and Student Success

November 16, 2023
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Publications
Ending Unfunded Mandates in Higher Education

Ending Unfunded Mandates in Higher Education

In a reimagination of performance-based funding, CCA proposes “completion-goals funding” to provide colleges with adequate resources to meet statewide attainment goals.

December 14, 2023
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Announcement
Eleven States Join College Completion Accelerator to Boost Student Outcomes and Completion Rates Nationwide

Eleven States Join College Completion Accelerator to Boost Student Outcomes and Completion Rates Nationwide

Complete College America will work with 80+ colleges across 11 states to eliminate barriers to student success and higher education attainment.

August 29, 2023
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Courageous Leaders Wanted

Complete College America has been leading the movement for higher-ed reform for years—working with courageous leaders to build colleges and universities that interrupt the status quo. If your institution is ready to make meaningful changes that break down inequitable systems and put students on a pathway to graduation, we’ve got the tools and strategies to make it happen.

Join our efforts to restore the promise of a college degree for hundreds of thousands of Americans.

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