Title: Promoting reasonable expectations :
Authors: Miller, Thomas E.,; Bender, Barbara E.; Schuh, John H.
Date: 2005
Publisher: Jossey-Bass,
Physical description: xxiii, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: L
Abstract: "This unique resource contrasts student expectations with their actual experiences and identifies effective strategies for addressing the disjunctions between expectation and reality. Based on solid research, this book explores why it is useful to consider expectations in the context of student relationships with higher education institutions. In addition, it presents a series of recommendations for action for improving institutional performance rather than lowering student expectations."--Jacket.
Contents: Thomas E. Miller -- Why Should We Care About Student Expectations? / Jeffrey A. Howard -- What Students Expect from College and What They Get / George D. Kuh, Robert M. Gonyea, Julie M. Williams -- When Expectations and Realities Collide: Environmental Influences on Student Expectations and Student Experiences / Larry Moneta, George Kuh -- Campus Services: What Do Students Expect? / Frank Ardaiolo, Barbara Bender, Gregory Roberts -- Student Expectations About Paying for College: How Reasonable? / John H. Schuh, Leah Ewing Ross -- Student Persistence and Degree Attainment / Thomas E. Miller -- Life After College / Elizabeth Nuss, Susan Komives -- The Influence of Selected Students' Characteristics on Their Expectations of College / Gwen Dungy, Patricia Rissmeyer, Gregory Roberts -- Institutional Type and Students' Expectations / Wilma J. Henry, Penny H. Wills, Harold L. Nixon -- Expectations of Multiple Publics / Barbara E. Bender, John Wesley Lowery, John H. Schuh -- Reactions from the Field / Barbara E. Bender, Thomas E. Miller -- Thomas E. Miller.
Subject headings (LCSH): College student development programs--United States.; College students--United States--Attitudes; Student affairs services--United States.