Adapting to the College Classroom

Because of this hit-or-miss approach, students must cope with a highly varied cadre of instructors. Some take roll some do not. Some assign much homework and require that it be turned in and graded others do not. Instructors may be friendly or aloof demanding or easy skillful or inept laid back or formal and businesslike. This, of course, makes the learning process more difficult and places additional demands on the student. 

Beginning students must also cope with large classes. Some first-year classes may have enrollments of 100 or more. For this reason, instructors find it difficult to establish personal relationships with their students, who may consider the system too formal and impersonal. 

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