A guide to major US college completion initiatives

Over the past three years, a wide variety of unusually large number of organizations have adopted a 'college completion agenda' to significantly increase the number of adults in the United States who have earned a post-secondary credential. This paper is intended as a guide to the myriad college completion initiatives that have arisen in recent years. First and foremost, it will help answer the 'Who? What? When, Where? and Why?' questions about this diverse array of projects. A second purpose is to provide some brief general observations about college completion activities. This paper focuses only on major national/regional college completion initiatives. It does not address the efforts of specific states, systems and institutions, nor does it cover initiatives focused primarily on access or college preparation that happen to contribute to completion.

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