John N. Gardner

President, John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education Brevard, North Carolina

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Library and Information Science

Senior Fellow, National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition

University of South Carolina, Columbia

Betsy O. Barefoot

Vice President and Senior Scholar

John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education

Brevard, North Carolina

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