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South Africans in Six Descriptors
Having arrived home from South Africa on April 11, I have taken some time to try to process our experiences in Johannesburg and Cape Town. One of the most difficult, distressing, and uplifting museums that we visited in Johannesburg was the Apartheid Museum. When you enter you are given a ticket that randomly classifies you
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A Day in the Life of an AVP – the (whirlwind) May edition
Woke up (in a whirlwind). . . Fell out of bed (into a tornado). . . Dragged a comb across my head (in a cyclone). . . May has been a remarkably busy month. As you can tell from the introduction to this post and my parenthetical additions to the Beatles lyrics, every day has
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Equity
What is equity and why is it important? This article in Community College Daily describes equity as “unfinished business” for community colleges across the country. While community colleges have long been focused on (and excelled at) open access and second chances, we haven’t done nearly as good a job with our focus on equitable student
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Adobe Creative Cloud
ACC is now an Adobe Creative Campus. What does that mean? Well, for one, it means that students in many of our more “creative” programs get low-cost access to the Adobe Creative Suite. And for another, it means that students, staff, and faculty will be able to explore and develop their skills in using Photoshop,