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Exploring Students’ Integration of Learning After Four Years of College

New Directions for Student Services, no. 147, 59-75, 2014

Research-Driven Practice in Student Affairs: Implications from the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education. This chapter uses findings on integration of learning from the qualitative portion of the Wabash National Study to discuss how students make connections between skills, ideas, and knowledge across contexts.

COMPONENTS OF AN ACADEMIC ADVISING PROGRAM STANDARD FOR MALAYSIAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES

Academic advising at Malaysian public universities has been in existence for more than three decades. However, different universities have different ways of running their programs. As a result, there is no standard academic advising program available for public universities of Malaysia. This study intends to fill the gap by exploring the expectations of students, advisors and administrators toward academic advising. Using qualitative research approach, the study explores the potential standardized components which can be used for developing a program standard. The findings of this study indicated that while each of the three groups favors the establishment of an academic advising standard, students suggest that the responsibility of advisors be clarified and the technological support be maintained and updated, advisors focus on assessment and rewards as well as staff development. At the same time, administrators focus on the components leadership, staff development, finance and assessment. Their opinions about the components of a future standard showed varying ideas and concepts, the dominant trend being the adaptation of international trends to the local values. The results of the study are expected to contribute to the development of academic advising standards for Malaysian public universities.

A RESEARCH ON KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF STUDENTS TOWARDS ACADEMIC COUNSELING

ABSTRACT This study was on the knowledge and perception of students towards academic counseling and its benefits amongst student nurses in Delta State University Abraka. A college career is more than just taking classes; it’s also learning more about one’s self, the world, where they want to be and what they want to do. It is about growing and developing and becoming scholars and leaders. The counseling department empowers students to achieve their educational goals, expand their individual potential, and successfully pursue their aspirations for a better future themselves and their community. A majority of college students do not earn their degree at the stipulated years. Some switch majors or work part- or- full- time. Others enrolled into programs such as: nursing, engineering, that are structured to take five years but end up spending more than five years. But more should graduate on time, said Charlie Nutt, executive director of the National Academic Advising Michigan. One reason cited for the low on-time graduation rates are; inadequate academic counseling. Most students begin to build their interest and readiness during the course of training without any pre-information or orientation on what the profession entails and what to expect during the course of training.

Advisee Nondisclosures in Doctoral-Level Advising Relationships

Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 2011

Using a sample of 109 doctoral-level advisees, we examined the content of and reasons for advisee nondisclosures and the relationships between these variables and advising relationship and satisfaction. Discovery-oriented qualitative analyses revealed several themes related to content of advisee nondisclosures (e.g., self-efficacy) and reasons for these nondisclosures (e.g., fear of damaging advising relationship). Quantitative analyses revealed advisor–advisee rapport was related

Recruitment, Preparation, Retention: A case study of computing culture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Eprint Arxiv Cs 0702141, 2007

Computer science is seeing a decline in enrollment at all levels of education, including undergraduate and graduate study. This paper reports on the results of a study conducted at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign which evaluated students attitudes regarding three areas which can contribute to improved enrollment in the Department of Computer Science: Recruitment, preparation and retention. The results of our study saw two themes. First, the department's tight research focus appears to draw significant attention from other activities -- such as teaching, service, and other community-building activities -- that are necessary for a department's excellence. Yet, as demonstrated by our second theme, one partial solution is to better promote such activities already employed by the department to its students and faculty. Based on our results, we make recommendations for improvements and enhancements based on the current state of practice at peer institutions.