Measuring the impact of a university first-year experience program on student GPA and retention

Higher Education

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 373-391

  Jamelske, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

First year experience; Grade point average; Higher education; Retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849103033     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-008-9161-1     Document Type: Article

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