CASS | Community of Practice - The Institute for College Access & Success

2024 College Completion Convening

October 23rd – 24th, 2024

101 Constitution Ave. NW #900, Washington, DC 20001

The Institute for College Access & Success invites the Comprehensive Approaches to Student Success community of practice to convene in Washington, D.C., and engage with fellow practitioners, researchers, and influential policymakers to collaboratively strategize on policy recommendations aimed at broadening access and sustaining evidence-based initiatives across diverse educational landscapes, including community colleges, Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs), and rural-serving institutions.

We look forward to seeing you in October!

Full Agenda

Agenda at a Glance:

October 23:

4:00pm Registration and Opening Sessions
5:30 pm Welcome Reception

October 24:

8:45am-9:30am Morning Refreshments and Networking
9:30am-11:50am Convening Sessions
11:50am-12:30pm Lunch
12:30pm-3:00pm Convening Sessions

Convening Resources

Postsecondary Student Success Grant (PSSG)

TICAS College Completion
- Quick Facts on Postsecondary Attainment

Comprehensive Approaches to Student Success

CASS | Community of Practice

Op-Ed and Blogs

- - TICAS, December 2022: A Guide to College Completion with Targeted and Evidenced-Based Strategies
  - Jhenai Chandler, Inside Higher Ed, December 2022: Supporting Student Parents Is an Equity Imperative

Letters of Support

- - TICAS, July 2024: TICAS Submits Comments for Postsecondary Student Success Program
  - TICAS, May 2024: TICAS Comments to Inform the Inaugural Postsecondary Student Success Award Program
  - TICAS, March 2024: TICAS Endorses the Postsecondary Student Success Act of 2024
  - TICAS, March 2023: TICAS Joins 20+ Groups in Urging Congress to Prioritize Postsecondary Student Success Grants
  - The Education Trust, November 2022: Joint Letter Supporting Funding For Postsecondary Student Success Grants in FY23 Appropriations

Research, Policy, and Advocacy

- - TICAS, August 2024: Quick Facts on Postsecondary Attainment
  - TICAS, April 2024: Four Ways the Federal Postsecondary Student Success Grant Program Can Make a Greater Impact for Students and Institutions
  - TICAS, April 2024: TICAS 2024 Federal Policy Agenda
  - TICAS, July, 2023: Comprehensive Approaches to Student Success Programs Nationwide by State and Institution (MAP)
  - TICAS, June 2023: Why the Postsecondary Student Success Grant Program Matters
  - TICAS, March 2023: Scaling Comprehensive Supports to Equitably Get Students to the Finish Line: Lessons From City Colleges of Chicago and One Million Degrees
  - TICAS, June 2022: How Comprehensive Student Success Programs Learned and Adapted Through COVID-19
  - TICAS, March 2022: Leveraging State and Local Relief Funds to Increase College Completion Rates
  - TICAS, January 2022: Comprehensive Approaches to Student Success – Community of Practice Research and Equity Agenda
  - TICAS, October 2021: The Retention and Completion Fund: What it Would Mean for Students and States
  - TICAS, September 2021: Evidence-Based College Completion Programs at Four-Year Postsecondary Institutions
  - TICAS, July 2021: Where to Find Evidence-Based College Completion Programs Across the Country
  - TICAS, May 2021: Quick Facts on College Completion
  - TICAS, May 2021: Comprehensive Approaches to Student Success: Design Principles
  - Brookings, April 2021: Why Expanded Student Supports Can Improve Community College Outcomes and Boost Skill Attainment
  - MDRC slide deck, April 2021: Evidence Standard
  - MDRC, March 2021: Preliminary Evaluation of the Detroit Promise Program: Motor City Momentum
  - LEO, February 2021: Working Paper: Comprehensive Approaches to Increasing Student Completion in Higher Education: A Survey of the Landscape

Federal Policy Proposal Resources

- Biden Administration, May 2021: FY 2022 President’s Budget
  - Success Grants
  - Completion Grants
- Alyssa Rutledge, May 2021: Op-ed in Community College Daily: It Will Take More Than Free Tuition to Improve Graduation Rates
- White House, April 2021: Fact Sheet: The American Families Plan
- Biden Administration, April 2021: Skinny budget
- TICAS, April 2021: Key Federal Policymakers
- TICAS slide deck, April 2021: National Policy Proposal
- Chairman Bobby Scott and Senator Tammy Baldwin, April 2021: America’s College Promise Act
- TICAS, January 2021: Raising College Attainment: A National Proposal to Scale Student Success Strategies
- TICAS, January 2021: CASS: Key Lessons for State Policymakers