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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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Dual Enrollment
Do you read “Confessions of a Community College Dean” in Inside Higher Ed? If not, I would encourage you to do so. He’s no longer a dean (he’s a VP now), but his insights are always useful and – dare I say – insightful! Here’s a particularly good column on dual enrollment. While he is
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A Day in the Life . . . of an AVP
Ever wondered what ACC’s administrators at HBC do all day? Well, like you, we swirl and spin and move from running a meeting to responding to a student complaint to dealing with a personnel issue to gathering information for an update to signing what needs to be signed to checking email to offering advice to
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What makes a good college teacher today?
It’s easy to settle into routines, isn’t it? It’s easy to teach largely the way we were taught. It’s easy to go with the tried and true. But students change, and technology improves, and the art and craft and science of teaching and learning shifts. This little article in Faculty Focus reminds us that we