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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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Student Supports
Do you know what support services ACC offers to our students? There may be more than you realize. Here’s a link to an overview of available supports, resources, and services for our students. If any of your students appear to be experiencing academic challenges, you can refer them to academic coaches or the learning labs
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Chaos!
Chaos! Or, more exactly, ACCHaoS! The latest episode of Academic Transfer in Focus is about an outreach program in our Physics Department that they call ACCHaoS. ACCHaoS is apparently a physics joke in addition to standing for “hands-on science”. It’s a traveling show that our Physics faculty takes to various elementary schools, libraries, and other
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Don’t Forget to Show Love
We are launching ourselves into a new semester and a new year. We are about to invest ourselves in the learning of a new crop of students. What we are making an investment in matters – to us, to our college, to our community. Our students come to us from all sorts of backgrounds, bringing