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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"Academic Advisors"”.
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The Essential Characteristics of Academic Advisors
… activity valued for its oversight, the work of academic advisors have become a means leading to other ends, such as retention, student engagement, student satisfaction, persistence, and time to degree. The purpose of this research was to identify the essential characteristics of academic …
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The Use of Developmental Advising Models By Professional Academic Advisors
Academic advising has undergone tremendous changes since its origin in higher education. The notion of faculty performing clerical tasks in order to aid students strictly in academics has been challenged. Today, academic advising is considered one of the best vehicles for promoting intellectual, …
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Motivating factors of academic advisors supporting undocumented students in higher education
… explores the motivational factors prompting academic advisors to expand their Undocumented/DACAmented Status Competency (UDSC). The focus is on why advisors enhance their ability to support this unique population in college, providing a deeper understanding of how they view their experience, …
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A Qualitative Investigation into the Academic Advisors’ Perceptions of Best Advisement Practices
<p>This study aimed to better understand academic advising by examining the perspectives of academic advisors at a Georgia Research 1 institution located in a large city. Initially, the purpose of this case study was to learn more about how academic advisors view effective strategies for boosting …
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Motivated to Adopt: The Experiences of Post-secondary Academic Advisors with New Technology
… examined the implementation experiences of 10 academic advisors at J. Andrew College, a large community college in the southeastern United States, within the context of a recent new academic advising technology application (NAATA) implementation. Data were collected via human instrument, using …
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A qualitative exploration of women-of-color professional academic advisors' perceptions and experiences
… Yet, the lived experiences of WOC professional academic advisors working in colleges and universities are missing from the literature. WOC advisors are vital to student success as they are mentors, teachers, guides, cheerleaders, stand-in parental figures, role models, and advocates. As well, …
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Synchronicity of the Community College Mission and the Role and Responsibilities of Academic Advisors
… to identify how the role and responsibilities of academic advisors support the mission of community colleges; to explore how academic advising is viewed by community college administrators and academic advisors; and to explore how academic advisors play a vital role in retaining students until …
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How academic advisors and administrators perceive the role and influence of heavily involved parents
There is much debate in academic advising practitioner literature and in the popular media over the influence exerted by involved parents on students and colleges. There is a broad consensus that parental involvement has increased to levels not previously witnessed on college campuses (Cutright, …
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Academic Advisors’ Awareness, Knowledge, and Skills Necessary to Support Undocumented Students at Nonurban Community Colleges in New York State
… of barriers to access higher education. Academic advisors can support these students as they pursue their college degrees. This hermeneutic phenomenological study used the Undocumented/ DACAmented Status Competency (UDSC) tripartite framework to learn about the awareness, knowledge, and …
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Exploring Factors Influencing First Generation Undergraduate College Students’ Perceived Social-Self Efficacy (PSSE) And Ability To Socially Integrate With Academic Advisors
<p>Academic advisors are an integral part of the undergraduate college student experience. Primarily recognized as one of the first connections to an institution that a college student encounters, academic advisors provide students with guidance, support, resources, and mentorship throughout a …
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Exploring Appreciative Advising as an Equity Approach for African American Students: A Grounded Theory Study of Academic Advisors at Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs)
… AMERICAN STUDENTS: A GROUNDED THEORY STUDY OF ACADEMIC ADVISORS AT PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTIONS (PWIs)</p> <p>By</p> <p>Valerie J. Harper</p> <p>October 28, 2019</p> <p>Dissertation supervised by Professor Gretchen Givens Generett</p> <p>African American matriculation into postsecondary …
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The role of professional advising in the liberal arts
… was to investigate the role of professional academic advising in the liberal arts. This study focused on the impact of professional academic advising in the liberal arts. This study also focused on the extent to which professional administrators are involved in supporting the professional …
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Advising the academically underprepared first-year community college student athlete for transferability
… education and, of particular importance to academic advisors in community colleges, are the students who are deemed to be of "academically underprepared" status. The process of taking remedial courses and graduating from a community college combined with meeting the demands of the new NCAA …
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Academic Advising Experiences Of First-Year Undecided Students At A Public Southeastern High Research Activity Institution
… to graduating seniors in a timely manner. Academic advisors are often the front-line campus professionals that interact with these students. Academic advisors are presented with the opportunity to offer academic support and guidance to students. This support is very important throughout a …
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Examining the academic environment experienced by student-athletes at junior college institutions
… purpose of this dissertation was to explore the academic environment experienced by student-athletes attending junior colleges. Throughout this study, the terms ‘junior college, two-year college, and community college’ will be used interchangeably. The study took place in two parts. As a pilot …
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College Students' Utilization of Campus Mental Health Services: The Role of Faculty and Staff
… especially professors and instructors, resident advisors, and academic advisors. Most students have never sought or received mental health services, and are also not currently receiving services. Students felt that lack of awareness, personal barriers, system barriers, and mental health stigma …
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Online Classes and NCAA Division II Student-Athletes: A Mixed Method Study for the Creation of a Course Selection Framework
This study explored the levels of academic success in online classes for students, both non-student-athletes and student-athletes at a NCAA Division II institution, as well as their experiences in online classes. The aim of the study was to create an evidence-based framework for the institution to …
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Understanding Academic Advising at Institutions with a First-Year Engineering Program
Academic advising has been a part of United States (U.S.) colleges and universities since their inception, yet academic advising as we know it today is a relatively new profession. Over the last several decades, many colleges and universities have employed professional advisors, rather than …
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Supporting student success with machine learning and visual analytics
… This thesis describes our attempt to use academic data from Ontario Tech University to predict the likelihood of a student withdrawing from the university after their upcoming semester. We used academic data collected between 2007 and 2011 to train a random forest model that predicts …
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