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Graduate Student Perceptions Of Academic Advising During A Global Pandemic, Carson L. Perry Aug 2022

Graduate Student Perceptions Of Academic Advising During A Global Pandemic, Carson L. Perry

Education Doctorate Dissertations

Magnifying the historical challenges faced by graduate students, the COVID – 19 global pandemic caused significant disruption to graduate education and forced abrupt changes to personal, professional, and academic aspects of life. Though high attrition rates plague many graduate programs, advising is recognized as crucial to graduate student persistence and success. This qualitative phenomenological study explored graduate student perceptions of advising during the COVID – 19 global pandemic. The sample consisted of eight individuals who were enrolled as full-time graduate students during the 2019 – 2020 and 2020 – 2021 academic years. Four components of Situated Learning Theory, as identified …