Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva
@CCAPrezYolanda
President @CompleteCollege. Passionate about #studentsuccess and #equity.
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🚨NEW REPORT AVAIL on race-conscious implementation of dev. ed reforms California Community Colleges by Adrián Trinidad. Discover insights on opportunities & challenges when new legislation is introduced on transfer-level English & math courses. #edequity
📰READ HERE: uscrec.info/report-ccc
CCA’s #15toFinish campaign - where colleges urge students to take at least 15 credit hrs. per semester to graduate on time - represents an intervention to target improved #collegecompletion , lower college costs, & reduce #studentdebt .
READ MORE: tinyurl.com/c5x553xb Forbes
Thanks to @PresMillieG for hosting Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva in the closing plenary session to share efforts to achieve equitable #studentsuccess at AASCU's #SummerAcademicAffairs conf.
Proud of our strong partnership in the IFS work w/ the Gates Foundation
#CCADoesTheWork #edequity
Great times connecting with AASCU's Assistant Vice President for Student Success Dr. Jacquelyn Jones at AASCU's #SummerAcademicAffairs meeting.
Thank you to @PresMillieG , Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva, @aihec's Carrie Billy, Growing Inland Achievement's Carlos Ayala, & Gates Foundation's Gabriela Torres for an amazing #SummerAcademicAffairs closing plenary session, Scaling Equitable Student Success: A Conversation With National #HigherEd Leaders.
The role of #HBCUs is critical to advancing the #collegecompletion movement. CCA is grateful for our continued partnerships w/ Delaware State University HBCU Philanthropy Symposium & Dr. Mautra Staley Jones to drive #studentsuccess . #CCADoesTheWork
Investing in #HBCUs is critical to building a foundation for successful #digitallearning . Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva & Dr. Dhanfu E. Elston prioritize four key areas to focus on in a recent article featured by Higher Ed Dive.
READ HERE: highereddive.com/news/we-must-i… | #CCADoesTheWork #HBCUDigitalSuccess
Fantastic trip to SHEEO included catching up with U.S. Department of Education Michelle Asha Cooper, Complete College America | CCA Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva, Harrison Keller, Ray from CarTalk, and moderating a great discussion between Brian K. Bridges, Kim Hunter Reed, and Ginger Ostro.
Thanks to Secretary Miguel Cardona & U.S. Department of Education for spending a few moments discussing #collegepolicy & #edequity with Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva
The diversity of Helene Gayle's background & her fluency in all of the “levers and mechanisms” of large institutions will help her at Spelman College. Onward & upward! #SpelmanAlumna | The Chronicle of Philanthropy
#DidYouKnow On May 1, 2009, CCA's name was founded as the National Consortium for College Completion, Inc.? Our name changed to Complete College America, Inc. on Dec. 30, 2009.
Learn more about CCA: completecollege.org/about-us/
#CCADoesTheWork
NEWS ALERT! We are excited to announce that AR, MT, & OK were recently selected to work w/ a cohort of institutions to implement strategies proven to raise the bar for #collegecompletion .
Read the full release here 📰: completecollege.org/article/new-mu…… |
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Next up for #PartnerAppalachia - Building Inclusive Campuses: Student Voices panel w/ Phetoudone Pat Nivanh, from Western Piedmont Community College; Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva of Complete College America completecollege.org, & our student panelists!
Thank you, @ProtasCCA, for always showing us why #CoReqWorks . It's all about the students...so there is no room for preserving antiquated systems that are proven to not facilitate #collegecompletion . #CCADoesTheWork | Inside Higher Ed
[For adopting tech in classrooms] Slow and steady wins the race. Incrementalism is ok as long as we’re moving toward the goal, and having peer influences is the most important piece. - Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva (Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva) #HBCUDigitalSuccess
'How do we strike the right balance...making sure technology is an asset to us, improving the human condition, & never moving too far away from the human interaction?' - Dr. Anthony L. Jenkins,
Dr. Anthony L. Jenkins, Coppin State University #HBCUDigitalSuccess
'We have to look at technology to support, but not supplant,' the academic experience. -Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough (Walter M. Kimbrough), President of Dillard University #HBCUDigitalSuccess | Happy birthday, Dr. Kimbrough! 👏🏽
'From a global perspective, if we're going to continue to be innovative, we will need to invest in the infrastructure at our #HBCUs ...because the HBCU culture is so unique and different.' - Dr. Dietra Trent (Dietra Y. Trent), Executive Director of the White House HBCUs #HBCUDigitalSuccess
.Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva leading insightful convo. Intersect of culture, #edtech , & pedagogy w/ White House HBCUs Walter M. Kimbrough Dillard University Coppin State University Dr. Anthony L. Jenkins #HBCUDigitalSuccess #HigherEd Complete College America | CCA
Student voice matters. It was invaluable to hear directly from student leaders at TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY, Morehouse College, & Clark Atlanta Univ. about their #HBCU experience. As an HBCU alumna, it is important to create a supportive #digitallearning environment for #HBCU DigitalSuccess.