The college fear factor : how students and professors misunderstand one another /

The college fear factor : how students and professors misunderstand one another /

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Author / Creator:	Cox, Rebecca D., author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2009.
Description:	1 online resource (198 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Community college students -- Psychology. Community college teachers -- Attitudes. Teacher-student relationships. Communication in education. Educational psychology. Communication in education. Community college students -- Psychology. Community college teachers -- Attitudes. Educational psychology. Teacher-student relationships. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11221943

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ISBN:	9780674053663 0674053664 0674035488 9780674035485
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. In English. Print version record.
Summary:	From the Publisher: They're not the students strolling across the bucolic liberal arts campuses where their grandfathers played football. They are first-generation college students-children of immigrants and blue-collar workers-who know that their hopes for success hinge on a degree. But college is expensive, unfamiliar, and intimidating. Inexperienced students expect tough classes and demanding, remote faculty. They may not know what an assignment means, what a score indicates, or that a single grade is not a definitive measure of ability. And they certainly don't feel entitled to be there. They do not presume success, and if they have a problem, they don't expect to receive help or even a second chance. Rebecca D. Cox draws on five years of interviews and observations at community colleges. She shows how students and their instructors misunderstand and ultimately fail one another, despite good intentions. Most memorably, she describes how easily students can feel defeated-by their real-world responsibilities and by the demands of college-and come to conclude that they just don't belong there after all. Eye-opening even for experienced faculty and administrators, The College Fear Factor reveals how the traditional college culture can actually pose obstacles to students' success, and suggests strategies for effectively explaining academic expectations.
Other form:	Print version: Cox, Rebecca D. College fear factor. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2009 9780674035485
Standard no.:	10.4159/9780674053663

Table of Contents:

Today's College Students
Part 1. Students
The Student Fear Factor
Student Aspirations: Getting the Biggest Bang for the Buck
"How Is That Helping Us?"
Part 2. Classroom Dynamics
College Teaching
Professors Who "Come Down to Our Level"
Part 3. Gatekeeping
Academic Literacies
Reimagining College from the Inside Out
Appendix: The Research Studies
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index