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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…
ALT A person in glasses and a suit is smiling and talking to someone off-camera. The background is softly blurred. Text on the image includes a quote about student success and college completion, attributed to Dr. Elston from Complete College America.
⏳ 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. #StudentSuccess
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“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!
New platform, same mission: more students crossing the finish line. 🎓 Find us on Instagram at @completecollegeorg.
Complete College America is partnering with ACUE to bring faculty certification to 4 HBCUs/PBIs,
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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…
🎙️ New CCA on the Air episode: How @TexasSouthern built a student success ecosystem.
🎧 Listen: tinyurl.com/32uz5amw
#StudentSuccess #HBCU #HigherEd
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
Register: completecollege.org/event/th…
🌴 Field Notes from Florida: CCA's Jamia Stokes visited Tampa for the Talent Strong Florida Summit and saw what over a decade of Alliance strategies looks like in action.
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#CompleteCollege #HigherEd #StudentSuccess
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…
California set a goal: 70% postsecondary attainment by 2030. We're halfway there — and 1.3M credentials short.
CCA's President Yolanda Watson Spiva and @JessieRyanSac of @CollegeOpp what it'll take to finish the job:
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#CollegeCompletion #CAHigherEd
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…
Registration is now open for Beyond Access: Centering Student Success in Corequisite Support!
📅 October 8–9, 2026
💻 Virtual & free
beyondaccess.vfairs.com/
#StudentSuccess #HigherEd #CorequisiteSupport #CompleteCollegeAmerica
New #CCAOnTheAir episode: Jennifer Torres talks w/ @uAspire's Anika Van Eaton & Brendan Williams about their report analyzing 211 financial aid offers across 34 states. Verdict: confusing aid letters are a real barrier to completion.
🎧 Listen: completecollege.org/resource…
🎙️ New episode of CCA on the Air! We talk with @uakron leaders Fedearia Nicholson-Sweval & Bill Torgler about how their Accelerator partnership is charting clearer, better pathways for students.
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#HigherEd #StudentSuccess
The 2026 Annual Convening theme is "Doing the Work." Meacie's version of that is the honest one. The convening is a room for people who recognize what she is describing.
December 1-3 in San Diego.
CCA Annual Convening | Dec 1-3, 2026
Register: web.cvent.com/event/a0ab18b8…
