The Authors.

1. Introduction (Thomas E. Miller).

2. Why Should We Care About Student Expectations? (Jeffrey A. Howard).

3. What Students Expect from College and What They Get (George D. Kuh, Robert M. Gonyea, and Julie M. Williams).

4. When Expectations and Realities Collide: Environmental Influences on Student Expectations and Student Experiences (Larry Moneta and George D. Kuh).

5. Campus Services: What Do Students Expect? (Frank P. Ardaiolo, Barbara E. Bender, and Gregory Roberts).

6. Student Expectations About Paying for College: Are They Reasonable? (John H. Schuh and Leah Ewing Ross).

7. Student Persistence and Degree Attainment (Thomas E. Miller).

8. Life After College (Susan R. Komives and Elizabeth M. Nuss).

9. The Influence of Selected Students’ Characteristics on Their Expectations of College (Gwendolyn J. Dungy, Patricia A. Rissmeyer, and Gregory Roberts).

10. Institutional Type and Students’ Expectations (Wilma J. Henry, Penelope H. Wills, and Harold L. Nixon).

11. Expectations of Multiple Publics (Barbara E. Bender, John Wesley Lowery, and John H. Schuh).

12. Perspectives from the Field (Thomas E. Miller and Barbara E. Bender).

13. Conclusion (Thomas E. Miller).