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Building An Evaluation Model Of Academic Advising’S Impact On Progression, Persistence, And Retention Within University Settings, Abhik Roy

Dissertations

Academic advising is at a point in its maturation as a field of study where anecdotal evidence is no longer sufficient to inform the measure of effectiveness. As the area becomes more research-based, advising’s measurable impact should be based on an evaluative framework; no such structure currently exists. In this study, three methods were used to investigate this problem and ultimately to create a model and checklist. Firstly, a descriptive study was used to examine if there is an understanding of what evaluation is within the advising community, one where assessment has been the dominant practice. Secondly, a quasi-experimental design …

The Relationship Of The Type Of Academic Advising And Parental Types On The Transition Of Freshmen Students To College, Elizabeth Ruth Gordon

Dissertations

The field of academic advising has evolved to incorporate more developmental approaches to academic advising, which includes analyzing a college student's personal or academic experience, as well as future career aspirations. An avenue of understanding a student’s background would be to understand the parental type to which students have been exposed. This study attempts to determine if there are relationships between academic advising type, parental type and transition of the freshmen college student. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships of the academic advising types, including developmental and prescriptive advising, and parental types, whether permissive, authoritative, and …

The Effectiveness Of The Academic Advising Program From Students’ Perspectives For Abu Dhabi Vocational Education And Training Institute, Asma Rashed Saif Ai Darmaki

Theses

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the academic advising

program in guiding registered students enrolled at Abu Dhabi Education and

Vocational Training Institute in the areas of: admission and registration

procedures; the academic advisor; induction and orientation programs in view

of variables of gender; level of study; academic major; and students’

suggestions about the academic advising program. The sample consisted of

226 male and female students from Al Ain branch. The study was conducted

during the academic year 2015-2016. The researcher used a survey

questionnaire and conducted interviews with a focus group as instruments to

collect the data. …

The Effectiveness Of The Academic Advising Program From Students’ Perspectives For Abu Dhabi Vocational Education And Training Institute, Asma Maiyouf Rashed Al Darmaki

Theses

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the academic advising program in guiding registered students enrolled at Abu Dhabi Education and Vocational Training Institute in the areas of: admission and registration procedures; the academic advisor; induction and orientation programs in view of variables of gender; level of study; academic major; and students’ suggestions about the academic advising program. The sample consisted of 226 male and female students from Al Ain branch. The study was conducted during the academic year 2015-2016. The researcher used a survey questionnaire and conducted interviews with a focus group as instruments to collect the data. …

Community College Academic Advisor Experiences With The Appreciative Advising Model, Christine Damrose-Mahlmann

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Theses & Dissertations

The completion agenda has driven many community colleges to focus on alternative advising approaches in place of traditional advising practices. Appreciative Advising is a paradigm shift in academic advising that centers more on individual students by helping identify and build on their strengths. Advisors apply positive psychology and reality therapy with positive, open-ended questions to help students identify their strengths and plan for the future. The purpose of this study was to explore the extent to which community college academic advisors experience their self-efficacy and relatedness to students as they transition from traditional advising practices to Appreciative Advising practices.

This …

Student Perceptions Of Academic Advising At Two-Year Colleges, Wayne T. Whitmore

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

This research project examined students’ perceptions of academic advising through an online survey method at select two-year colleges within the Minnesota State College and University System. The purpose of this research was to build upon scant existing research relating to student satisfaction with academic advising models utilized by individual colleges. The purpose was to also identify the academic advising model preferred by students. The sample for this research consisted of 177 students enrolled at two-year state community and technical colleges. Outcomes indicated a preference for the developmental model of academic advising. Outcomes also indicated that the developmental model of academic …