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  • CCA on the Air with York Technical College — Experiential Learning in Action

    York Technical College’s Quality Enhancement Plan is turning experiential learning into everyday practice. Alliance Engagement Director, Jamia Stokes, sat down with a panel from York Tech to learn more about this work: Dina Massachi, the college’s Experiential Learning Coordinator, on how she builds partnerships between faculty and the community through class projects, internships, and volunteer…

  • Taking it Back Home: Next Steps from the CCA AI Summit with WSU Tech 

    In this episode, three leaders from Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology (WSU Tech) share what happened after their team attended Complete College America’s inaugural AI Summit in June 2026. Justin Pfeifer (VP of Student Success), Rob Gibson (Dean of Academic Services), and Brady Randall (Director of Systems Development) walk through how…

  • When Confusion Costs Completion: The Financial Aid Offer Letter’s Hidden Role in Student Success

    In this episode of CCA On the Air, Alliance Engagement Director Jennifer Torres sits down with Anika Van Eaton and Brendan Williams from uAspire to unpack their December 2025 report, Caution: Prices May Vary. After analyzing 211 financial aid offers from institutions across 34 states, uAspire found that the way colleges communicate cost to students…

  • CCA on the Air: Accelerator Special Feature — Charting a Better Path for Students at the University of Akron

    In this Accelerator Special Feature episode of CCA on the Air, we are joined by two leaders from the University of Akron: Vice Provost for Student Pathways & Dean of the Williams Honors College, Fedearia Nicholson-Sweval, and Bill Torgler, Senior Director of the Student Success Center at the University of Akron. UAkron has been a…

  • CCA on the Air: Reimagining First-Year Advising at the University of Virginia

    In this episode of CCA on the Air: Success to and Through College, we’re joined by Christa Acampora, Buckner W. Clay Professor of Philosophy and Dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Virginia. Under her leadership, UVA has launched an innovative advising fellows model that embeds pre-major…

  • CCA on the Air: Humanities, Leadership, and Belonging: Inside Tri-C’s Mandel Scholars Academy

    In this episode of CCA on the Air, Midwest Region Alliance Engagement Director Nichole Mann takes listeners inside Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) in Cleveland, Ohio, for a conversation that came straight out of CCA’s Complete College Photo Library project. She sits down with Dr. Connie Kassor, Chair of the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Humanities…

  • CCA Accelerator Special Feature: Transforming Advising at Greenville Technical College

    In this episode of CCA on the Air: Transforming Advising at Greenville Technical, we’re joined by Brett Barclay (Brett.Barclay@gvltec.edu), the Dean of Academic Advising at Greenville Technical College in South Carolina. GTC has participated in CCA’s Accelerator, a part of the Gates Foundation Intermediaries for Scale Investment, for nearly three years. Through this project, GTC…

  • CCA on the Air – We Never Underestimate You: How West Kentucky Community and Technical College Built a Culture of Excellence

    In this episode of CCA on the Air, Alliance Engagement Director Dr. Jamia Stokes is joined by Dr. Anton Reece, President of West Kentucky Community and Technical College — a record five-time Aspen Prize top 10 finalist. Dr. Reece unpacks the philosophy behind WKCTC’s nationally recognized student success model, sharing how a data-driven, empathy-centered culture…

  • CCA on the Air – From Transactional to Transformational: Dallas College’s Blueprint for Holistic Student Support

    In this episode of CCA On the Air, Alliance Engagement Director Jennifer Torres sits down with Dr. Carlos Cruz, Associate Vice Chancellor for Well-Being and Social Support at Dallas College. Together, they explore how Dallas College built a coordinated Student Care Network, transforming fragmented services into an integrated system of support for more than 100,000…