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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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A Day in the Life of an AVP – The July Edition
The month of July has flown by, filled with meetings (of course!), deadlines (of course!), evaluations (it’s PEP time), professional development, and a brief vacation. The meetings covered such topics as Testing Center usage, transfer forums in 2019-2020, the THECB Star Award application, our summer Department Chair Institutes, our participation in the Explore Law program
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An AVP’s Aspen Journey: Chapter One
I leave on Sunday for Palo Alto to attend the first convening of this year’s Aspen Presidential Fellows. We are a cohort of 40 chosen from around the country, and we’re gathering for a week on the Stanford campus to start learning more about community college leadership and what it takes to be a transformational
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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