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Want to succeed in college? Spend more time with friends

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Students walk across spring campus
4/16/2019

In a recently published Washington Post Op Ed: Want to succeed in college? Spend more time playing video games with friends, Associate Professor of Sociology Janice McCabe discusses the importance of friendships for acadmic success.

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Laura M. Mitchell

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