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Divide and Conquer
One of the key throughlines from my time in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa, was the theme of division. Division was an evil and malicious tool that supported minority white rule both before and during apartheid. Division was seen everywhere – tribal divisions, race-based divisions, urban vs. rural divisions, economic divisions, educational divisions, access
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A Day in the Life of an AVP – the AMP Edition
AMP. We’re launching a new AMP. What? What’s an AMP? AMP stands for Academic Master Plan. ACC’s previous Academic Master Plan was developed in 2013, and Dr. Rhodes has asked that we begin work on a new academic master plan to drive us forward in the next five years. If you read the previous plan
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ACC’s Math Department
We have a wonderful Math Department here. We have dedicated and innovative Math faculty who spend their time thinking, planning, implementing, assessing, and revising creative approaches to help all our students succeed in their math courses. About a year and a half ago I interviewed our Math Department Chair Carolynn Reed for Academic Transfer in
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Word Salad
I love words: new words, ancient words, musical words, jarring words. As one consequence of my love of words, I play word games on my phone to relax. I also love to play Scrabble. For me, our words – how and when and why we use them – reflect who we are and how we