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Find out about your campus’s learning assistance center and any reading assistance that is available there. Most centers are staffed by full-time professionals and student tutors. Both the best students and struggling students use learning centers.
Your peer leader is a great source of information on campus resources and the availability of tutoring. Ask him or her for suggestions about where you can go for help with your reading and comprehension.
Your best help can come from a fellow student. Look for the best students, those who appear to be the most serious and conscientious. Hire a tutor if you can, or join a study group. You are much more likely to be successful.
Dartmouth College offers “Active Reading: Comprehension and Rate” at www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/success/reading.html. Mount Saint Vincent University in Canada offers “Reading Textbooks Effectively” at msvu.ca/en/home/studentservices/academicadvisingsupport/studyskills/readingtextbookseffectively.aspx, and Niagara University’s Office for Academic Support offers “21 Tips for Better Textbook Reading” at niagara.edu/oas-21-tips.