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Soweto
Soweto. What can I tell you about Soweto? Soweto refers to the Southwestern Townships in Johannesburg, and it’s made up of 34 separate townships where approximately 4 million people live. Soweto is a symbol of racism and apartheid and the post-apartheid world of South Africa. Soweto is where Mandela and Tutu lived. Soweto is where
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An AVP’s Aspen Journey – Chapter Four
Pushing Jello Across a Shag Rug Isn’t that a great image? At the second on-site convening of the fourth cohort of Aspen Presidential Fellows, we heard from current and former community college presidents who offered their wisdom on a variety of subjects. One of those presidents used the jello metaphor to describe a difficult choice
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A Day in the Life of An AVP – the Holiday Edition
The semester is ending. The year is ending. Here’s to the passing of the old semester and the old year. Here’s to the coming of a new semester and a new year. Here’s to the work we do, the students we help, the lives we change, the friends and colleagues with whom we work. Celebrate!
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Registration By the Numbers
Do you know who our students are? Not who our students were a decade ago, but who our students are today. If you look at the registration summary for Fall 2019 (dated 11/4/2019), you will see that our credit headcount is 41,232 students. Of that, 11,682 students were new to ACC: a 4.1% increase over