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Completion by Design

May 2011–February 2016

This major Gates Foundation–funded community college reform initiative was designed to increase the proportion of low-income young adults who earn postsecondary credentials and shorten their time to completion. CCRC provided participating colleges and states with a framework for analyzing their data on student progression and success, conducting analyses of key issues and trends across colleges, and providing technical assistance to colleges on conducting loss–momentum point analyses and using the results to improve programs and services.

This project was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Publications

September 2014

Strengthening Program Pathways Through Transformative Change

January 2014

Get With the Program … and Finish It: Building Guided Pathways to Accelerate Student Completion

November 2013

Lingerers in the Community College

April 2013

Understanding the Student Experience Through the Loss/Momentum Framework: Clearing the Path to Completion

April 2013

Nuances of Completion: Improving Student Outcomes by Unpacking the Numbers

April 2013

Principles of Redesign: Promising Approaches to Transforming Student Outcomes

February 2013

Characteristics of Early Community College Dropouts

November 2012

Not Just Math and English: Courses That Pose Obstacles to Community College Completion

April 2012

Valuable Learning or “Spinning Their Wheels”? Understanding Excess Credits Earned by Community College Associate Degree Completers

April 2012

Measuring Efficiency in the Community College Sector

January 2012

Get With the Program: Accelerating Community College Students’ Entry Into and Completion of Programs of Study

October 2011

The Content of Their Coursework: Understanding Course-Taking Patterns at Community Colleges by Clustering Student Transcripts

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Project Lead

October 2018
October 03, 2018

Davis Jenkins

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