Do First-Year College Students' Expectations Align with their First-Year Experiences?

By Joshua S. Smith, Ellen C. Wertlieb. 2005

170 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Education, Safety Research

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How researchers see this paper

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In Education

1. Edward Palmer
2. Joshua S. Smith
3. Patrick Akos
4. W. Walsh
5. S. J. DeWitz
6. S. Phillipson
7. Russell L. Huizing

In Safety Research

1. Deborah Turnbull
2. Patrick Akos
3. M. Woolsey
4. W. Walsh
5. S. J. DeWitz

Citations in the corpus

• Student and Stakeholder Perceptions of the Transition to High School (2008, background): “Research on the transition to college suggests that unrealistic expectations (particularly great expectations) in either academic or social realms are associated with academic difficulties (Smith & Wertlieb, 2005).”
• College Student Retention: An Exploration of the Relationship Between Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Purpose in Life Among College Students (2009, background): “In addition, to become successful in college, students must learn how to manage their independence (Kirst, 2004; Smith & Wertlieb, 2005).”
• First year student expectations: Results from a university-wide student survey (2009, background): “Smith & Wertlieb (2005) compared first-year students’ social and academic expectations with their experiences at the middle and end of their first year of college in the USA.”