CCA On the Air

CCA President Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva is joined by Dr. F. DuBois Bowman, Dean of the University of Michigan School of Public Health, to discuss navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, lessons learned, and the equity implications that face students amidst this health crisis.

CCA President Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva is joined by Dr. F. DuBois Bowman, Dean of the University of Michigan School of Public Health, to discuss navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, lessons learned, and the equity implications that face students amidst this health crisis.

CCA Strategy Director, Nikolas Huot, is joined by Dr. Jasmine Haywood, Strategy Director from the Lumina Foundation, and Dr. Lilly Massa-McKinley, Executive Director of the Kentucky Student Success Collaborative, to discuss the Kentucky Purpose First initiative.  The Kentucky Purpose First initiative: Emphasizes the importance of colleges connecting program learning outcomes to career compete...

Dr. Nia Haydel, Vice President of Alliance Engagement and Institutional Transformation at CCA, is joined by three guests: Dr. Richard Moss, Director of STEM Success at the University of Arkansas, Pulaski Technical College; Dr. Brandon Nichols, Vice President of Academic Affairs at Olive-Harvey College, and Dr. Amber Garrison Duncan, formerly Strategy Director at the Lumina Foundation, and currentl...

CCA Strategy Director, Brandon Protas, Ed. D., is joined by Dr. Monica Martinez, Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Learning Policy Institute, to discuss the transformative nature of performance assessment implementation in college advising and placement processes. To learn more about the Learning Policy Institute and the Reimagining College Access initaitive that Dr. Martinez leads, please...

Strategy Director Nikolas Huot is joined by Kurt Lazaroff, Ph. D., BIS Academic Services Director and Professor, and Janet Ha Poirot, Term Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Academic Services in BIS. They discuss George Mason University’s exemplar program for adult learner engagement, the Bachelor of Individualized Study (or BIS) program. This unique program allows students to individua...

CCA Strategy Director Brandon Protas,  Ed. D, is joined by Daniel Douglas , Visiting Assistant Professor of Education Studies and Sociology at Trinity College; Alexandra Logue , Research Professor at The Center for Advanced Study in Education at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York; and Mari Watanabe-Rose , Director of Undergraduate Education Initiatives and Research in Offi...

CCA Strategy Director Brandon Protas, Ed. D, is joined by Daniel Douglas , Visiting Assistant Professor of Education Studies and Sociology at Trinity College; Alexandra Logue , Research Professor at The Center for Advanced Study in Education at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York; and Mari Watanabe-Rose , Director of Undergraduate Education Initiatives and Research in Offic...

CCA Strategy Director Brandon Protas, Ed. D., is joined by Dr. Angie Paccione, the Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education. Tune in as they discuss Pathway to Affordability: Annual Report on Dual and Concurrent Enrollment in Colorado .

CCA Vice President of Policy, Research and Advocacy is joined by Davis Jenkins, Senior Research Scholar, Community College Research Center (CCRC) to discuss data and the future of student success in community colleges. 

Katrina Caldwell, Ph. D., Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer at Johns Hopkins University, joins Complete College America President Yolanda Watson Spiva, Ph. D. for a candid conversation on how leaders can reconcile with America's past to create a more inclusive future for higher education students.

Complete College America President Yolanda Watson Spiva is joined by Western Governors University President Scott Pulsipher for a candid conversation on how higher education can meet the needs of today's student. 

Committing to Equitable Systemic Change featuring Lais Martinez, Assistant Commissioner for EDI, Utah System of Higher Education  and Virginia Madrid-Salazar, Strategies Lead, Central Valley Higher Education Consortium (CVHEC) Listen in as we discuss a regional and state approach to turn equity into action from working being done in the state of Utah and the Central Valley Higher Education Co...

Adrian Trinidad, Ph. D. Candidate at the University of Southern California Race & Equity Center joins CCA Strategy Director Brandon Protas, Ed. D., to share a critical race analysis of California's AB 705 and how its goals to impact racial equity are seen through policy and practice.

Complete College America Strategy Director Brandon Protas, Ed., and Carla Mebane, Director, University of Missouri - Kansas City High School / College Dual Credit Partnership and Member at Large Representative on the NACEP Board - National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships. talk through the different models of concurrent/dual enrollment, quality standards and the impact of race o...

Complete College America (CCA) Strategy Director Nikolas Huot meets with Patrick Frasier, Vice President at Acadeum, and Robert Mitchell, Registrar at DIllard University, to discuss course sharing and its impact on student success and CCA strategies.

Complete College America (CCA) President Yolanda Watson Spiva, Ph. D. and Timothy Renick, Ph. D., Executive Director at the National Institute for Student Success at Georgia State University discuss evidence-based strategies designed to boost equitable outcomes. Spiva and Renick also discuss what to expect from the National Institute for Student Success (NISS) and opportunities for learning, suppo...

CCA Strategy Director Brandon Protas speaks with Molly Sarubbi, Senior Project Manager at Strong Start to Finish, about the role of Corequisite Support in changing the landscape of developmental education around the country.

Complete College America (CCA) President Yolanda Watson Spiva, Ph. D. and Futuro Health CEO Van Ton-Quinlivan  discuss the intersection between workforce & community college efforts and how this alignment improves the health and wealth of students who are essential workers.

Complete College America (CCA) Strategy Directors Melanie Harris, Nikolas Huot, and Brandon Protas discuss their passion for student success and what they are looking forward to in 2021.