Expectations, Culture, and Adaptation to Higher Education Institutions by First-Year Students

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Author(s): Peter Aloka (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa), Christine Mwajuma Opondo (Maseno University, Kenya)and Mary Ooko (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
Copyright: 2023
Pages: 20
Source title: Handbook of Research on Coping Mechanisms for First-Year Students Transitioning to Higher Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Peter Aloka (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)and Kananga Robert Mukuna (University of the Free State, South Africa)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-6961-3.ch001

Keywords: Education / Higher Education / Information Science Reference

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This chapter analyzed expectations, culture, and adaptation to higher education institutions by first-year students. By adopting a conceptual review as framework, data were obtained from published literature. The results presented in the chapter indicated that most first-year students have unrealistic expectations and that the university culture often presents new and confusing expectations to the majority of first-year students. Moreover, many students are still starting their experience with either high or unrealistic expectations for what to expect during their first year of university. It is recommended that the managers of universities should develop more positive alignment between perceived expectations and levels of student satisfaction with the quality of their experience.

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