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

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

Peter Aloka, Christine Mwajuma Opondo, Mary Ooko
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781668469613|ISBN10: 1668469618|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668469651|EISBN13: 9781668469620
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-6961-3.ch001
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Aloka, Peter, et al. "Expectations, Culture, and Adaptation to Higher Education Institutions by First-Year Students." Handbook of Research on Coping Mechanisms for First-Year Students Transitioning to Higher Education, edited by Peter Aloka and Kananga Robert Mukuna, IGI Global, 2023, pp. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6961-3.ch001

APA

Aloka, P., Opondo, C. M., & Ooko, M. (2023). Expectations, Culture, and Adaptation to Higher Education Institutions by First-Year Students. In P. Aloka & K. Mukuna (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Coping Mechanisms for First-Year Students Transitioning to Higher Education (pp. 1-20). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6961-3.ch001

Chicago

Aloka, Peter, Christine Mwajuma Opondo, and Mary Ooko. "Expectations, Culture, and Adaptation to Higher Education Institutions by First-Year Students." In Handbook of Research on Coping Mechanisms for First-Year Students Transitioning to Higher Education, edited by Peter Aloka and Kananga Robert Mukuna, 1-20. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6961-3.ch001

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Abstract

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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