Completion Agenda Resources
College Completion Data
Why this resource?
The primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing education data.
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Graduation Fast Facts
Why this resource?
Scorecard data as well as supporting data on college completion.
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Data Documentation for College Scorecard – October 2018 Version
Why this resource?
Common college completion metrics for each state
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Data Dashboard
Why this resource?
Report Search allows users to filter by multiple related topics, including completion, to access robust data sets.
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Report Search
Why this resource?
Search graduates rates by state or by institution type.
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College Completion
College Completion Research
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Persistence: The Success of Students Who Transfer from Community Colleges to Selective Four-Year Institutions
Why this resource?
"This report, for the first time, disaggregates the transfer student population to examine the patterns and outcomes of students transferring from two-year colleges versus those transferring between four-year institutions."
Dr. Jennifer Glynn, Ph.D. | Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Presentations & Videos By Lee Ann
Texas Administrators of Continuing Education (TACE) |
Texas Community College Instructional Administrators (TCCIA) | Texas Association of College Technical Educators (TACTE)
Texas Community College Instructinal Leaders (TCCIL) Annual Conference | Austin, Tx. October 7, 2015
Academy for Teaching Excellence | Iowa Western Community College
Council Bluffs, Ia. | October 11, 2014
TEDxTomballED
TEDX EVENTS | TOMBALL, TX. | May 2, 2014
Oklahoma Association of Community Colleges
48th Annual Conference | Oklahoma City, Ok. | October 2, 2015
National Higher Education Benchmarking Institute
Annual Conference | Overland Park, Ks. | June 2014
The League for Innovation in the Community College
Innovations | Dallas, Tx. | March 12, 2013
Pearson | Lone Star Community College - Tomball
Case Study Webinar | September 22, 2016
Lone Star College-Organizational Development
Teaching & Learning Conference | The Woodlands, Tx. | March 20, 2015
American Association of Community Colleges
99th Annual Convention | Orlando, Fl. | April 2019
American Association of Community Colleges
97th Annual Convention | New Orleans, La. | April 2017
American Association of Community Colleges
96th Annual Convention | Chicago, Il. | April 2016
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College Completion Supporters
The following foundations, researchers, and leader organizations provide important data and analysis of the college completion problem.
National Supporters
Purpose: accelerate and advance community colleges’ student success agenda through coaching, data and technology assessment, holistic student support implementation, and customized services.
Purpose: implement strategies around the country to close achievement gaps, boost graduation rates and ensure every student has the opportunity to achieve their dreams.
Purpose: equip two-year institutions to guide students toward graduation, credential transfer, and ultimately, meaningful work.
Purpose: accelerate Latinos degree attainment to close equity gaps
Purpose: increase the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025
State Supporters - Texas
Purpose: empower students to reach their ultimate academic goal – a college degree
Purpose: provide statewide coordination of student success strategies and to tighten the linkages between practice, research and policy