Completion Reforms That Work: How Leading Colleges Are Improving the Attainment of High-Value Degrees

In this report, the authors evaluate institution-level practices aimed at improving college completion rates. While this report focuses mostly on four-year institutions, many of the highlighted reforms can be implemented at any type of postsecondary institution if properly tailored to a school’s and student body’s particular needs and characteristics. With such large variation among college completion rates across the country, this report offers a worthwhile look at some specific practices that are working at the institutional level, examines how much we know about the success of those programs, and evaluates whether policymakers can assist in scaling up ones that work.