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2. Encourage older students to become [[peer mentors]] for younger classmates.
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2. Encourage older students to become [[mentoring|peer mentors]] for younger classmates.
  
  
3. Utilize [[summer bridge programs]] to ease transition into introductory courses.
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3. Utilize [[summer bridge programs|bridge programs]] to ease transition into introductory courses.
  
  

Latest revision as of 13:32, 20 September 2016

Top policies for departments


1. Offer a course on Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Economics or on heterodox theories of economics.


2. Encourage older students to become peer mentors for younger classmates.


3. Utilize bridge programs to ease transition into introductory courses.


4. Alter the introductory textbooks to better portray the diversity of the population.


5. Recruit and retain a diverse faculty that will have an impact students on a more diverse level.


6. Actively recruit students who were may have been underprepared or unsure about the academic subject from high school.