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Recognizing the importance of successfully completing introductory science and math courses as first year engineering students, the Connections Physics Review (CPR) was developed at Northeastern University as part of a series of programs initially funded by NSF. CPR was one of the early Connections program components introduced in 2000 to target retention of women in the College of Engineering. Physics was chosen because of an analysis of freshman grades that identified Physics as the required course freshman engineering students attained the lowest average grades in during their freshman year. In the spring of 2005, the CPR program was revamped to include several key features to increase its participation and effectiveness. These changes included:
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