What can happen when policy, data infrastructure, and institutional collaboration align to ensure responsible AI is paired with human judgment and strong partnerships? Read more in a special guest post from DataKind on the CCA Amplification Lab: completecollege.org/news/amplifi... #AI #HigherEd

New episode alert! 🎧 Dr. Toya Barnes-Teamer joins Voices for Justice to discuss leading with vision & heart in higher ed. "Pay more attention to intent than ego" — essential wisdom for leaders navigating challenging times. Watch: youtu.be/AvdyFtHkOqg?... #HigherEd #StudentSuccess

CCA is excited to welcome Dr. Hailie Lane as a project associate. Dr. Lane brings deep expertise in student success and retention, grounded in both research and practice. We're thrilled to have her on the CCA team! Learn more about her: completecollege.org/person/haili...

We're hiring! Join CCA as our Communications Manager and help drive transformational change in higher education. 📍 Remote 💼 5+ years of experience 🎨 Design & content creation 📅 Apply by Dec 19 Learn more: CompleteCollege.org/Careers #HigherEd #CommsJobs #NonprofitCareer

How does CollegeBound Foundation achieve retention rates above the national average? Through individualized advising, financial support and strong college partnerships. Our latest CCA On the Air episode explores their "to and through college" model in Baltimore. completecollege.org/resource/cca...

A huge congratulations to CCA Fellow Dr. Lenore Rodicio, who was just announced yesterday as the incoming president and CEO of Achieving the Dream. We can't wait to see the new heights ATD reaches under her leadership. achievingthedream.org/lenore-rodic...

🎙️ NEW Episode: "Beyond the Numbers" with Dr. Leonard D. Taylor on leveraging data to center equity & measure student thriving beyond traditional metrics. Recorded live at UNCF UNITE Conference. Watch: youtu.be/Vw7atttqky0 #HigherEd #StudentSuccess #CollegeCompletion

Every student deserves a clear path to completion and a career that matters. Your gift to CCA invests in proven strategies like Purpose First, AI innovations, and HBCU/HBCC. Our work is transforming futures. Make your impact: CompleteCollege.org/Donate #GivingTuesday

Ready to discover what's NEXT in student success? Join us on December 11 at 1 pm ET for a virtual follow-up to our Annual Convening—open to both NEXT attendees and those who couldn't join us in person. Register: CompleteCollege.org/WhatsNext #CCANext2025 #CCADoesTheWork #CollegeCompletion

Student Success | 12 Ways to Improve College for Military Learners A recent report outlines strategies that could make higher education more supportive of active-duty, veteran and military-affiliated students. https://bit.ly/4rmHMcS #EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

CCA's offices will be closed tomorrow and Friday for Thanksgiving. In this season of thanks, we are grateful to our network of student advocates who are convinced that better is possible in higher education. Rest and recharge over the long weekend, and we'll see you back here in December.

Great recap of #CCANext2025 in @insidehighered.com by Matt Reed. "The key is to push the change in the right direction. Kudos to CCA for doing exactly that." Thank you to all our attendees for the honest conversations about student success. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu... #CCADoesTheWork

Thrilled to be learning from practitioners and leaders in #highered at Complete College America. @completecollege.bsky.social

NCHEMS Senior Associates Louisa Hunkerstorm and Nancy Stalowski joined the @completecollege.bsky.social Annual Convening this week, focused on data-driven strategies that strengthen student pathways and completion. hanks to CCA — and the M&T Bank Stadium reception was a great bonus! #HigherEd

CCA President Yolanda Watson Spiva and Director of Technology and Innovation Norman Palmer were in Cambridge, MA this week for the @aximcollaborative.bsky.social AI & Education Convening. Great preparation for the AI conversations coming to #CCANEXT2025 next week!

Kick off #CCANext2025 in style at M&T Bank Stadium! 🏈 After Monday’s opening sessions, join us at 6:00 PM for our Welcome Reception. 🎤 A short program begins at 6:30 PM 🍽️ Heavy hors d’oeuvres + drinks 🚌 Shuttles run every 15 minutes from 5:45–8:15 PM

We’re almost there. ⏳ #CCANext2025 kicks off in just 5️⃣ days! There’s still time to secure your spot and join changemakers from across the country as we lead what’s NEXT in higher education. 🎟️ Register today: bit.ly/47DQzzx

Public trust in higher ed is rising—but headlines stay focused on elite campuses. Community colleges serve 44% of undergraduates. Their stories matter. CCA President Dr. Yoland Watson Spiva in @fortune.com: Time to reframe the narrative around today's students. Read:

The NEXT Event App is now live! 📲 Access full event details, including sessions, locations, speakers, and real-time updates for #CCANext2025, right from your phone. You can also visit the NEXT event site for more information: bit.ly/482JXKY

No tricks here—just strategy and competition. 🎲🏆 At #CCANext2025, stop by and play The College Student Success Board Game, designed to test your wit, knowledge, and readiness to lead what’s NEXT in higher education. 🎟 Register today: bit.ly/4hfQsgo

🎙️ NEW podcast episode: How is Kentucky moving from the needle on educational attainment? Collaboration over mandates. Hear from KY higher ed leaders on moving away from rigid targets toward progress-based benchmarking—and why it's working. open.spotify.com/episode/0EsL... #HigherEd #DataDriven

Two powerful documentaries. Two nights. One theme: transforming student success. Join us at #NEXT2025 for special screenings of No Greater Odds (10th anniversary!) & Counted Out (@countedout.bsky.social) Nov 17-18 | 8:15 pm Stories that inspire action. 🎬 Register: completecollege.org/next

The work we do at #CCANext2025 doesn’t end when the sessions wrap—it lives on in the students we serve, the institutions we strengthen, and the communities we call home. 🎟 Join us in Baltimore and be part of the movement: bit.ly/4hfQsgo

CCA is pleased to announce Norman Palmer as our new Director of Innovation Technology. With 30+ years of tech leadership at DHS, Northrop Grumman and NSF, Norman will lead CCA's Council for AI and advance student success via responsible #AI implementation. completecollege.org/person/norma...

🚨 Last chance! We’ve extended the regular registration deadline for #CCANext2025 through October 18, you can still register at the $900 rate. Don’t miss your chance to be part of the conversation shaping the next era of higher education transformation. 🎟 Register now: bit.ly/4hfQsgo

🚨 We’re adding even more thought leadership to the #CCANext2025 Annual Convening Main Stage! Join us in Baltimore this November for two dynamic new sessions. 🎟️ Regular registration ($900) is open through October 18: bit.ly/43mucf7

Corequisite support helped students succeed in math & English. Ohio is applying the model to gateway science courses—and the results show promise. Thomas Dickson & Geoff Woolf share insights on transforming STEM education. New CCA podcast ep: open.spotify.com/episode/4oEe... #HigherEd #Coreq

This #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we recognize the students, faculty, and staff who are part of #TribalColleges and Universities and Indigenous communities across higher education. Explore images of Indigenous communities at CompleteCollegePhotoLibrary.org. #TCU #HigherEducation

Thank you to our state teams from NJ, NH, KS, and ND for an excellent 2025 Strong Start to Finish Policy Academy in Denver! CCA equipped institutional leaders with our new COREQ board game and facilitation skills to drive corequisite discussions on their campuses. #highereducation #CCADoesTheWork

"Institutions & policymakers alike must invest in solutions that reckon with not just student loans but the cost of education, to keep higher education within reach for all students & not just the few who can afford it." - CCA's Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva in @fortune.com fortune.com/2025/10/03/t...

During #HispanicHeritageMonth, we are proud to spotlight images from the Complete College Photo Library, feat. #HSIs and students, faculty, and staff who identify as Hispanic. Find hundreds more free, real images of #highered: CompleteCollegePhotoLibrary.org

Career readiness can't stay siloed in understaffed offices. The EvoLLLution and CCA's Nikolas Huot discusses how to embed career pathways throughout the student journey—and why College, On Purpose 2.0 provides a roadmap for making purpose central to student success. evolllution.com/embedding-ca...

Dive into CCA's latest report: College, On Purpose 2.0! The report, released earlier this month, shows how to: 🔹 Embed purpose in the student journey 🔹 Connect values, civic life & goals 🔹 Support every learner to graduation Read: completecollege.org/collegeonpurpose #HigherEd #CollegeCareer

Today's CCA on the Air guest, WSCUC President & CEO Dr. Maria Toyoda, recently published this timely op-ed making the case for accreditors to help colleges turn their wealth of data into meaningful improvements for students. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view... #HigherEd #Accreditation

🎧 NEW: CCA on the Air explores #accreditation with Dr. Maria Toyoda of WSCUC. From AI in classrooms to student mobility, how are accreditors striking a balance between innovation and quality assurance, while keeping students at the center? Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/3Hkw... #HigherEd

📍What’s NEXT for higher education? Find out at #CCANext2025, the Annual Convening where equity, evidence, and impact take center stage. Join hundreds of leaders in Baltimore this November who are turning strategies into systems that work. 🎟: bit.ly/4edvnli

Great coverage from @diverseissues.bsky.social on the report that we released yesterday. Read the story below to hear from CCA President Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva on why purpose is essential to the college completion journey. #HigherEd #CCADoesTheWork www.diverseeducation.com/students/art...

Meet College, On Purpose 2.0. Our 2019 Purpose First report demonstrated why starting college with a plan yields lifelong benefits. The new report expands that vision and puts purpose at the center of the student journey. Read it at CompleteCollege.org/Purpose2 #HigherEd #StudentSuccess

Dive into CCA's newest report, College, On Purpose 2.0, and discover why purpose is the answer. We're tackling new challenges and showing how purpose can guide every step of the journey. Read the full report: CompleteCollege.org/Purpose2 #HigherEd #CCADoesTheWork

🎧 In the latest episode of CCA on the Air, join us for a deep dive into guided pathways reform with Community College Research Center's John Fink, who shares findings from studying over 100 community colleges implementing whole-college transformation. Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/6Zp1...

The CCA staff is together in Baltimore this week for a staff retreat, and we had the wonderful surprise of being joined today by CCA Board Chair Emeritus Jim Geringer, former governor of Wyoming. We are grateful to Gov Geringer for his service to the college completion movement and to CCA.

Our latest report with Ad Astra shows that 26% of required courses aren't offered when students need them. That's not a student problem—that's a systems problem. It's time to design for students, not convenience. Read more from @insidehighered.com ⬇️

There's still time to register for tomorrow's #SmartScheduling webinar, co-hosted by CCA and Ad Astra. Learn how your institution can make scheduling a tool for student success. Register now: www.aais.com/resources-in... #StudentSuccess #HigherEducation #AcademicScheduling

CCA is excited to welcome Chike Aguh to the #CCANext2025 mainstage this November! You can also view the full list of concurrent sessions, including breakout sessions and Innovation Exhibition presentations, for the Annual Convening: completecollege.org/resource/lin... See you in Baltimore!

📚 Important new read from @CommunityCCRC: "More Essential Than Ever: Community College Pathways to Educational and Career Success" This book highlights strategies for removing systemic barriers & increasing completion rates at community colleges: hep.gse.harvard.edu/978168253991... (1/3)

New podcast ep! We dive into open education with Lindsey Gwozdz from CCRI to explore how free, accessible learning materials are transforming student success—especially for first-gen and underserved students. Listen now: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... #OpenEducation #StudentSuccess #HigherEd

Join experts from CCA & Ad Astra for a webinar on September 3 at 1 pm ET/10 am PT about how to develop strategies for smart scheduling. They'll dive deeper into the latest joint publication from CCA & Ad Astra, Building a Healthy Culture for Academic Scheduling. completecollege.org/SchedulingWe...

CCA President Yolanda Watson Spiva has been appointed to @anthropic.com's new Higher Education Advisory Board. Her expertise in college completion & AI adoption for student success will help ensure AI strengthens—not undermines—learning. #HigherEd #StudentSuccess www.anthropic.com/news/anthrop...

26% of required courses aren't offered when students need them most. 45% of sections are underutilized. It's time to transform academic scheduling into a #StudentSuccess strategy. Learn how in a new report from CCA & Ad Astra: completecollege.org/AcademicSche... #HigherEd #SmartScheduling

CCA supports efforts to expand AI literacy, integrate AI into teaching practices, & provide professional development for educators to foster a future-ready ed system. Read more in our comments on @usedgov.bsky.social's proposed priority & definitions on AI: completecollege.org/resource/cca...