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…Crede, 2016). Some
studies have identified large positive effects on GPA and retention (e.g., Blackett, 2008;
Swanson et al., 2017; Woolfork-Barnes, 2017), while others have reported very small effects or even
negative effects of FYS on students’ GPA and retention rate (e.g., Cavote & Kopera-Frye, 2004;
Wolf-Wendel et al., 1999). Recently, a meta-analysis…
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