College Completion

The urgent problem of low college completion demands bold and immediate action.

TICAS convened a group of organizations providing comprehensive approaches to student success, and with a Community of Practice, created a research agenda identifying the research questions most pressing to answer at this moment in time and a framework for equity in the use of data.

Coalition letter from 75 organizations urging Congress to preserve critical investments in college affordability and college completion in the final Build Back Better package.

New TICAS two-pager explains how the Retention and Completion Fund would work and breaks down how funds could be allocated from the federal government to the states.

The House Education and Labor Committee’s portion of the Build Back Better Act takes a comprehensive approach to making college more affordable. We commend Chairman Scott for its introduction. By creating a new federal-state funding partnership, boosting Pell Grant funding, and investing in evidence-based student success initiatives, the bill also recognizes that new ...

TICAS’ latest fact sheet provides five proven examples of evidence-based college completion programs at four-year public institutions that increase persistence, graduation rates, and student earnings upon graduation for low-income, first-generation, and students of color.