CCA is a bold national advocate for dramatically increasing college completion rates and closing equity gaps across states and systems. #CCADoesTheWork
Student success moves when the advisor, the provost and the state policymaker work the same problem together. That’s the room at #CCA2026, Dec. 1-3 in San Diego.
The $950 rate ends Nov. 2.
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From Hillman to the real world: our president @CCAPrezYolanda calls the A Different World reboot “masterful,” and she says it’s a true picture of HBCU communities. 📺 insidehighered.com/news/inst…
Stock photos don’t show who’s in college today. Our Photo Library does: working adults, parents, first-gen and transfer students, on real campuses. Free to use for work that advances completion.
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“Graduation should never be the end of our definition of success.”
CCA President @CCAPrezYolanda talked with @HigherEdDigest about data-driven policy, workforce alignment, and turning credentials into meaningful careers.
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Student success isn't a talking point. It's the work.
"We engage in substantive change and institutional transformation." - Dhanfu Elston, CCA Chief of Staff & SVP for Strategy
That's the theme of our 2026 Annual Convening: Doing the Work. Register now: web.cvent.com/event/a0ab18b8…
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⏳ The regular rate for #CCA2026’s Convening ends Nov 2. Join us in San Diego Dec 1–3 to talk about AI, HBCUs, first-gen students, and what actually works for student success. cvent.me/mRRz21
Young Americans' optimism is at a record low. Colleges can help turn that around: career advising that shows students a clear path, and basic-needs support so they can focus on their goals. Hope and momentum go hand in hand. #StudentSuccessuniversitybusiness.com/2-way…
“If students don’t have what they need, they cannot progress.” CCA’s Meacie Fairfax on why meeting rural learners’ basic needs, like housing and transportation, is a completion strategy.
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Not a conference. A working convening. 🛠️Higher ed leaders met in Chicago at the 2026 CCA AI and Student Success Summit to define AI readiness for student success.The work continues Dec. 1–3 at the CCA Annual Convening in San Diego.
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CCA Accelerator teams spent last week at CBExchange. They built a shared foundation in competency-based education, connected with peers, and mapped out next steps for their campuses. Thanks to CBExchange for partnering with us!
On September 18, students across the country will be applying to college. Join us for #WhyApply Day by sharing your reason for applying or why you believe today’s students should. Every voice of encouragement matters. @American_CAC
The completion field runs on data and the pressure to tell a clean story with it. Hallie names what honest work requires: holding the line on what numbers actually show.
Do the work with us at the Annual Convening, Dec 1-3 in San Diego ➡️ completecollege.org/event/th…
Jamia Stokes named the part of this work that never makes the announcement: the follow-up, the rescheduling, the listening. It's what our Annual Convening is built around. The people in the room know it because they live it.
Dec 1-3 | San Diego
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Most students don't fail because they stop trying. They hit walls: credit that doesn't transfer, support that doesn't connect, a system with gaps nobody mapped. Join the leaders doing the work to solve these challenges December 1-3 in San Diego. completecollege.org/event/th…
The hardest part of systems-level work is holding the human frame through every meeting, every data set, and every policy discussion. Cassie names what that discipline requires. It is what the 2026 Annual Convening asks of everyone in the room. Register: web.cvent.com/event/a0ab18b8…