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Direct linkRosenbaum, James E.; Becker, Kelly Iwanaga; Cepa, Kennan A.; Zapata-Gietl, Claudia E. – Research in Higher Education, 2016
Research often focuses on how students fail to meet college expectations, but it rarely asks how colleges fail to meet students' expectations. This study examines students' expectations of college and their institutional confidence--their level of certainty that college will meet their expectations. Drawing on 65 pilot interviews and a survey of…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Educational Attitudes, Expectation
Kember, David; Leung, Doris Y. P.; Ma, Rosa S. F. – Research in Higher Education, 2007
There has been wide recognition that today's graduates need the type of generic capabilities necessary for lifelong learning. However, the mechanism by which universities can develop these generic skills is not clearly established. This study aimed to investigate the mechanism for their development. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Focus Groups, Lifelong Learning, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedZey-Ferrell, Mary; Ervin, Delbert – Research in Higher Education, 1985
Two explanations of congruency of ideal (intent) and actual (action/behavior) work of faculty are examined--reward expectations and referent others. Based on interviews, a survey, and institutional data, it was found that referent others' goals have a greater influence than reward expectations on the congruency of work. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Administrators, College Faculty, Congruence (Psychology)
Peer reviewedSuitor, J. Jill – Research in Higher Education, 1987
Married mothers and their husbands were interviewed at the beginning and end of the women's first year of enrollment in a university to study changes in marital happiness when women return to school. Marital happiness declined over the year among couples in which wives were enrolled as full-time students. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Attendance, Comparative Analysis, Family Life, Females
