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Robben Island
I struggle to find the words to describe Robben Island. If it doesn’t sound familiar, Robben Island is in Table Bay, a few miles off Cape Town, South Africa. It has a centuries-long history as a penal colony, and from the mid-1840s to the 1930s it also housed what was known as a leper colony.
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ACC Values: Compassion
Under the leadership of our new Chancellor, ACC’s students participated in guided discussions about the sort of college that they need us to be. As I wrote last week, their discussions led to four values that are now guiding (and will continue to guide) our work: Courage, Compassion, Joy, and Yes. This is the second
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ACC Values: Courage
Under the leadership of our new Chancellor, ACC’s students participated in guided discussions about the sort of college that they need us to be. Their discussions led to four values that are now guiding (and will continue to guide) our work: Courage, Compassion, Joy, and Yes. This is the first in a series of blog
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“Tastes Like a Ph.D”
“For some people, an associate degree is little, but for me, it tastes like a Ph.D” – Yessica Marroquin, ACC graduate and former board member, Todos Juntos One of the best things about ACC is our Adult Education (AE) program. AE serves students who want to learn English, or who want to prepare for the GED®