Complete College America--An Initiative To Increase College Graduates

Signifying their intent to take the bold action necessary to increase college completion rates, 17 states (not including New Jersey) have joined with Complete College America to dramatically increase the number of young adults with a college degree or credential. The states have agreed to set degree goals, develop and implement action plans to meet those goals, and collect and report student outcome data on progression toward the goals.  Adding to the states’ commitment, several national foundations have joined forces to provide $12 million in initial funding for a new nonprofit organization, Complete College America, to work with states.Established in 2009, Complete College America supports states to implement a range of strategies that will bring needed change to improve completion. Five national foundations are providing multi-year support to Complete College America, including the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Ford Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and Lumina Foundation for Education.

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