Share Your 2025 Promising Practices

Is your CCB program utilizing effective strategies that have resulted in positive CCB student outcomes?

The CCBA is now accepting applications for our

2025-26 Promising Practices database.

A Promising Practice is a proven strategy that promotes learner success in community college baccalaureate (CCB) programs. Rooted in the knowledge and experience of practitioners like you, these practices contribute to equitable education and employment opportunities for your graduates and communities.

The CCBA, with the support of ECMC Foundation, is now accepting applications for its fourth generation of innovative and effective practices.

Finalists will be included in CCBA's Promising Practices Searchable Database, recognized during the 2026 CCBA Conference and earn conference break-out session priority.

Application open now through May 16, 2025.

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WGU Launches CCBA Next Step Scholarship to Benefit CCBA Member Institution Graduates

We are excited to announce that CCBA University Partner, Western Governors University, is now offering the CCBA Next Step Scholarship. Valued at $3,000, the scholarship is designed for students who earn their bachelor's degree at a CCBA member institution and are ready to take the next step: earning their master's degree!

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CCBA Knowledge Center: Your Resource for CCB Data, Research & News

CCBs at a competitive price

In today’s economic climate, higher education costs remain a significant barrier for many students pursuing a bachelor’s degree. However, a growing option is changing the landscape: community college baccalaureate (CCB) programs. New research across 13 states offering these programs reveals that CCBs provide substantial cost savings and positive outcomes.

HECC Approves Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) for Oregon Community Colleges, Including OCCC

Oregon Coast Community College (OCCC) is pleased to announce that the Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) has officially approved the College’s application to offer a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree. The new degree will help alleviate the nursing shortage and provide greater access to those in OCCC's community.

Yavapai College Student to Complete Bachelor’s Degree After 21 Years of Perseverance

Yavapai College student Ashley Darling is about to earn her Bachelor’s Degree after more than 21 years of learning. Artist, entrepreneur, teacher, mom, and lifelong learner, Darling is now just three classes from completing her baccalaureate degree, achieving something she started at Yavapai College more than 21 years ago when she was a homeless but determined teenager who loved learning.

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Since 1999, the Community College Baccalaureate Association (CCBA) has been the nation’s only organization dedicated to promoting baccalaureate degrees on community college campuses as a means of closing racial, ethnic, and economic gaps by providing its members access to research data and strategic guidance as they develop and implement their baccalaureate degree programs.