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2. Host [[workshops to improve study and work habits]]  
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2. Encourage older students to become [[peer mentors]] for younger classmates
  
  
3. Encourage older students to become [[peer mentors]] for younger classmates
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3. Utilize [[summer bridge programs]] to ease transition into introductory courses
  
  
4. Utilize [[summer bridge programs]] to ease transition into introductory courses
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4. [[Alter the introductory textbooks]] to better portray the diversity of the population
  
  
5. [[Alter the introductory textbooks]] to better portray the diversity of the population
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5. [[Recruit and retain a diverse faculty]] that will have an impact students on a more diverse level
  
  
6. [[Recruit and retain a diverse faculty]] that will have an impact students on a more diverse level
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6. [[Actively recruit]] students who were may have been underprepared or unsure about the academic subject from high school.
 
 
 
 
7. [[Actively recruit]] students who were may have been underprepared or unsure about the academic subject from high school.
 

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Top ten practices for departments


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


3. Utilize summer 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.