CCA On the Air

Complete College America (CCA) is committed to being a bold voice in the higher education space elevating critical conversations that both actively and passively impact college completion. We find ourselves at a time when the need for these conversations has reached a heightened level of importance. As a convener of thought leaders, CCA's On the Air podcast provides access to the most innovative and effective higher education leaders and advocates through candid conversations. Music by Wataboi from Pixabay

CCA On the Air is a education podcast hosted by Complete College America, with 98 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Complete College America hosts CCA On the Air, a education show with 98 episodes published.

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

  Sep 29, 202633 min

  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 the summit's momentum helped them formalize a campus AI task force, launch an internal AI hub to showcase staff-driven innovation, and rethink governance and risk. They reflect on the surprising role frontline staff are playing in driving AI adoption on campus, the value of learning from peer institutions, and why starting with identifying a real problem — rather than the technology itself — leads to better outcomes. It's a candid, practical look at turning the energy of a convening into sustained, cross-campus action on AI for student success.

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

  Jul 22, 202620 min

  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 participant in CCA’s Accelerator, part of the Gates Foundation Intermediaries for Scale Investment, since 2023. This episode is a celebration of what’s possible when an institution makes a cultural and structural commitment to clearer student pathways.

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

  Jul 2, 202630 min

  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 advising into the first-year academic experience through the Engagements curriculum. In this conversation, we explore why UVA redesigned advising, what it took to implement the model at scale, and what early results suggest about the power of relationship-centered advising to improve the student experience.

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  Humanities, Leadership, and Belonging: Inside Tri-C's Mandel Scholars Academy

  Jun 4, 202627 minS0

  <p>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 Center and Mandel Scholars Academy, and Morgan Dillard, a Tri-C theater student and Mandel Scholar, to talk about what it really looks like when a program gets belonging right. Dr. Kassor breaks down how the academy's cohort model, humanities curriculum, and "Cleadership" activities build...

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  CCA Accelerator Special Feature: Transforming Advising at Greenville Technical College

  May 5, 202623 minS0

  <p>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 has focused intently on advising transformation—listen to this episode to find out what they’ve done! </p>

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