COLLEGE STUDENT CHARACTER DYSFUNCTION From: Academe | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: McManemy, Jeffrey; Walmsley, Angela | Copyright American Association of University Professors Jan/Feb 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Its time we set some expectations for our students that go beyond the syllabus.

Most professors have encountered them: students who don't seem to grasp basic expectations for social interaction, those who demand immediate attention or special treatment from their teachers. There's the student who telephones her professor at home late on a weeknight because she's having difficulties with a paper due the following day. Or the student who frantically asks to speak to his professor as clas...

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