PREPARATORY YEAR FRESHMEN'S EXPECTATIONS IN NAJRAN UNIVERSITY

This study aimed at determining Preparatory Year freshmen's (perceived and achieved) expectations in Najran University. A scale was developed and distributed to (100) male and (50) female freshmen at the beginning and at the end of the academic semester 2014-2015. It consisted of (28) items distributed on three expectations domains about: Student-teaching staff interaction, study techniques and social experience. Data were processed using means, standard deviations, and T-test. Results showed that the freshmen's perceived and achieved expectations level was high. The results also showed that there were statistical significant differences between perceived and achieved expectations in favour of the perceived expectations in two domains: study techniques and social experience expectations. Moreover, findings showed statistical significant differences in perceived social experience domain according to gender in favour of female freshmen. No statistical significant differences in freshmen's achieved expectations were shown according to freshmen's gender.