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"It Was Just That I Was Afraid"

Promoting Success by Addressing Students' Fear of Failure

Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ

This article considers the risk of failing college and how the fear of failure shapes students' behavior. Drawing on a semester-long study of students and instructors in a community college English composition course, this analysis highlights the potential for students to undermine their own educational goals in the absence of active intervention from the college, especially from course instructors.

Key Words: English composition courses • fear of failure • student retention • faculty role • "cooling-out" theory (Erving Goffman).

Community College Review, Vol. 37, No. 1, 52-80 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0091552109338390


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