Complete the Agenda in Higher Education: Challenge Beliefs about Student Success is a bold call to action to do more than just improve college completion rates. This book is for community college board members, administrators, faculty and staff who also want to: (1) foster beliefs that will enable students to finish what they start; (2) empower students to overcome daily challenges and real adversity; and (3) transform human potential into achievement, for a lifetime.Courageous educators, foundations, associations and researchers made community colleges better than we were a decade ago. Completion rates have improved somewhat as a result, but too many students still do not finish because the Completion Agenda is incomplete.This book describes compelling reasons why a shift from a "completion-only-mindset" to the Beliefs Agenda (completion with GRIT) is critical for the future of America. It provides practical implementation methods, offers engaging teaching tactics, and proposes sensible strategies.

ForewordDr. Paul G. StoltzPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Change Beliefs to Change CompletionChapter 1: Grit: It's StickyChapter 2: Culture Shifts: From Access to Completion to BeliefsChapter 3: Teaching with GRIT: Practical StrategiesChapter 4: From Excellent to Extraordinary in Three StepsConclusionAppendix A: GRIT ResearchAppendix B: Grit ReflectionAbout the AuthorsAbout the Contributors