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Rosenbaum, 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
Rosenbaum, James E.; Becker, Kelly Iwanaga – American Educator, 2011
Successful early college high schools (ECHSs) are formed through partnerships between high schools and colleges (usually community colleges). Think of it as preparation through acceleration. ECHSs enroll disadvantaged students who have not excelled with ordinary grade-level academic content and have them take college courses while still in high…
Descriptors: High Schools, Higher Education, Disadvantaged, Educational Change