# Complete College America

> Complete College America is a national nonprofit that helps states, higher education systems, and colleges improve completion through policy advocacy, institutional coaching, data analysis, and structural reforms. Its work includes corequisite academic support, clearer degree pathways, credit momentum, and responsible AI adoption.

- **Founded:** 2009
- **Headquarters:** Indianapolis, United States
- **Founders:** Stan Jones (Co-founder and founding president), Tom Sugar (Co-founder and founding senior vice president; president from 2017 to 2018)
- **Products:** CCA Accelerator, Consulting and policy support, 15 to Finish/Stay on Track, Corequisite Support, Generating College Completion
- **Notable:** Built an Alliance that its current website lists at 53 members., 2024 progress report shows on-time graduation rates among Alliance members moving from 31% to 42% at four-year institutions and 7% to 18% at two-year institutions between 2010 and 2023; these are network trends, not causal estimates of CCA impact., Selected among six organizations for the 2022 next phase of Intermediaries for Scale.

## Products & services

- **CCA Accelerator** — Long-term institutional assessments, coaching, data capacity building, and implementation support; the current program page lists more than 100 institutions across 20 states and territories.
- **Consulting and policy support** — Tailored institutional change management, policy audits, data workshops, and support for campus-wide student success strategies.
- **15 to Finish/Stay on Track** — Advising and campaign resources promoting 15 credits per semester or 30 per year where appropriate; originated in the University of Hawaii System in 2012 and scaled with CCA support.
- **Corequisite Support** — Guidance for academic help delivered alongside gateway college courses, replacing long prerequisite remediation sequences. CCA advocates and helps scale the model; it did not invent all local implementations.
- **Generating College Completion** — Institutional AI adoption framework with six competencies and case studies, developed with content partner T3 Advisory.
- **Navigating Student Success Technology** — Free curriculum produced with The Ada Center to help minority-serving institutions plan and implement student success technology.
- **Games for College Completion** — Facilitated student journey games for educators and administrators, including the Coreq Game and College Student Success Game.
- **Complete College Photo Library** — Authentic campus photography; the website states images are free for non-commercial use.

## Achievements

- Built an Alliance that its current website lists at 53 members.
- 2024 progress report shows on-time graduation rates among Alliance members moving from 31% to 42% at four-year institutions and 7% to 18% at two-year institutions between 2010 and 2023; these are network trends, not causal estimates of CCA impact.
- Selected among six organizations for the 2022 next phase of Intermediaries for Scale.
- Helped scale corequisite support and 15 to Finish across state and institutional networks.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — September 2 Accelerator webinar recap highlighted Susan Elkins on institutional leadership and culture.
- **2026-07** — July 2 digital learning recap discussed student voice, accessibility, shared values, and the risks of initiatives depending on one leader.
- **2025-10** — Games for College Completion resources published with facilitation materials.
- **2025-04** — Opposed a proposed 30-credit annual Pell Grant eligibility minimum.
- **2025-01** — Released Generating College Completion with AI adoption guidance and institutional examples.

## Links

- Website: https://completecollege.org/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/complete-college-america
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/CompleteCollege
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkH_cHvv7MI3IAxwA9r93JQ
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/completecollegeorg
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CompleteCollege

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Last updated: 2026-10-08