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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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The Power of Two (or More)
This article from Politico may be about our presidential primary season, but it resonates with ACC’s own work on diversity and equity in our hiring processes. What’s the difference between having one diverse candidate amongst those interviewed and two or more? Quite a lot, it turns out. From the article: “A single diverse candidate faces
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A Day in the Life of an AVP – the “one pager” edition
I’ve spent my day writing “one pagers”. What is a one pager, you ask? I’ll tell you. We report on our work in a variety of ways to a variety of entities. And one of those ways is an annual institutional effectiveness report that goes to the Board of Trustees. It’s submitted by the president
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Small Ball
In baseball, there’s a strategy known as “small ball”. It’s the idea of deliberate movement from base to base, essentially. Get a runner on first (maybe with a walk), bunt the runner over to second, then get the runner home with a single to right field. Instead of depending on monster hitters and big innings