Keynote Session – Using Technology to Close the Gaps—Beyond Enrollment: Targeting Retention & Completion

American Community Colleges stand as the open-door to higher education, with 1,132 institutions serving over 12 million students annually in a diverse array of degree, transfer, occupational, certificate, and continuing education programs. The current community college completion rate stands at 22%; it is 28% when tracked over 4 years (Community College Research Center, CCRC). Predictions are that using technology tools, strategic integration of technology services, effective use of data, and predictive analytics will close the gaps and support learner progression through the open doors of community colleges to degree, career, and academic goals.