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YOUR

COLLEGE

EXPERIENCE

Strategies for Success

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

Senior Scholar

John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education

Brevard, North Carolina

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