The Study of Expectations at the University: Analysis of Empirical Works and Future Lines of Investigation

Authors

  • María del Carmen Pichardo Martínez Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación Universidad de Granada
  • Ana Belén García Berbén Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación Universidad de Almería
  • Jesús De la Fuente Arias Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación Universidad de Almería
  • Fernando Justicia Justicia Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación Universidad de Granada

Keywords:

Higher education, college student.

Abstract

The study of expectations in education has changed in recent years. The new theoretical framework is strongly influenced by research in the field of business, and has attracted increased interest in university expectations as a variable to consider for improving academic quality and student satisfaction. The increase in studies to find out what is expected and what students want from the university, causes the need to analyze the different lines of research pursued in this regard as well as the most significant findings; so as to, starting from here, extract the conclusions that would help develop and move ahead in the study of university students’ expectations. The objective of this work is to make this analysis and provide conclusions that would help establish new lines of research on this topic of study.

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2007-05-01