In this unique work, the authors explore teachers' beliefs about university students' performance and expose which beliefs are well-founded, which are mistaken, which mask other underlying factors, and what they can do about them. At universities in the UK and USA, across14 academic disciplines the authors interviewed academic staff about what they believed about their students and then tested these beliefs against data provided by students. By comparing students' demographic data and their actual performance with their teachers' expectations, the authors have exposed a complex picture of...