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Academic advising. Jade Perry & Vinika Porwal The Pennsylvania State University. Overview. Project introduction Institutional characteristics Findings Challenges Recommendations Conclusion Questions?. Project introduction.
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Academic advising Jade Perry & Vinika Porwal The Pennsylvania State University
Overview • Project introduction • Institutional characteristics • Findings • Challenges • Recommendations • Conclusion • Questions?
Project introduction • “The primary purpose of Academic Advising Programs (AAP) is to assist students in the development of meaningful educational paths (Academic advising programs: CAS standards and guidelines, n.d., p. 3) • Research questions: • How might an adviser support students in their academic pursuits toward graduation? • How do institutional characteristics influence academic advising? • How are academic advising and student retention and success connected? • What role does academic advising play as a functional area within student affairs?
Institutional characteristics • Temple University • Penn State University • Juniata College • Public • Urban • Large student body • Division I Athletics • Commuter campus • Decentralized academic advising • “Split” model • Stephanie Cohen • Professional Advisor, College of Science and Technology • Private liberal arts • Rural • Small student body • No Greek life • Centralized academic advising • Two-adviser system • Sarah Clarkson • Director, Academic Support Services • Public • Suburban/rural • Large student body • Division I Athletics • Bureaucratic • Decentralized academic advising • Joane Stoneberg • Programs Coordinator, Division of Undergraduate Studies
Findings Prescriptive vs. Descriptive/ Developmental advising style • Institutional size/bureaucracy • Organizational structure • Retention efforts
Findings (cont.) • Institutional Size & Bureaucracy
Findings (cont.) • Retention Efforts • Which students are “at-risk”? • How do institutions retain at-risk students? • Retention, institutional size, and adviser responsibility
Challenges • Bureaucracy • Student engagement • Few students use services • Outreach methods • Interpretations of academic advising • What is advising? • Who should be advising?
Recommendations • Revamp student engagement • Online chats • Twitter/Facebook • Streamline paperwork • Intentional intrusive advising for at risk students • Identify at-risk students early • Mandatory advising • Students: BE PROACTIVE!
Conclusion • Role of academic advising in student affairs • Commonalities • Multi-faceted and multi-dimensional • What we talked about • Project outline and research questions • Institutional characteristics • Findings • Recommendations for improvement
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