Meeting Upper-Level Students' Advising Needs: A Departmental Study of Student and Faculty Opinion

Abstract

Research shows divergent student and faculty expectations of academic advising. However, f m studies directly compare the two groups' opinions. Student majors and faculty members in the Sociology Department of The University ofAkron were asked to rate academic advisors' level of responsibility for 42 advising tasks. MANOVA of student and faculty opinions showed that the groups differed signzficantly on two of four identified dimensions: advising students on campus resources and planning for the future. Suggestionsfor offering students a broader range of help and assisting nonadvising faculty members with advising awareness are included. Faculty and Student Expectations of Academic Advising

Cumulative Subject Index to Volumes 16–30 of the NACADA Journal

“…Shaffer, 1998b Richardson, Cregler, & Meyer, 2000;Miller & Woycheck, 2003 Organizational death, process model of Maher, 2006 Outcomes of education (*) (educational outcomes or instructional outcomes or learner outcomes) Macaruso, 2007 P Paradigm shift (paradigms) Schreiner & Anderson, 2005 Paradigms, scientific (paradigms) Hagen, 2005;Schreiner & Anderson, 2005 Parents of college students (parents) Paul, Manetas, Grady, & Vivona, 2001;Keeling, 2003;Firmin & MacKillop, 2008;Simmons, 2008;Joslin, 2009 helicopter parents Simmons, 2008 Pedagogy ( Peer personality Keeling, 2003 Leigh S. Shaffer Severy, Lee, & Polson, 1996;Smerglia & Bouchet, 1999;Reinarz & Ehrlich, 2002;Smith, 2002;Lynch, 2004;Demetriou, 2005;Propp & Rhodes, 2006;Smith & Allen, 2006;Simmons, 2008;Wrench & Punyanunt-Carter, 2008;Barnes, Williams, & Archer, 2010;Museus & Ravello, 2010 Persisters Huggett, 2000;Begley & Johnson, 2001;Lynch, 2002aLynch, , 2002bWaters, 2002;Donnelly, 2004;Leonard, 2004;Barnett, Roach, & Smith, 2006;Smith & Allen, 2006;Steele, 2006;...…”

“…Student problems (*) (see also Counseling [*]) reluctance to seek help (success avoidance) Gordon, 1997;Oliver, Ricard, Witt, Alvarado, & Hill, 2010 Student services Danis & Wall, 1987, 1988 Student success (success) Meadows & Tharp, 1996;Dawson & Dell, 1997;Robbins, 1998;Brooks-Harris, Mori, & Higa, 1999;Molina & Abelman, 2000;Yudof, 2003;Rehfuss & Quillin, 2005;Gerdes & Crews, 2010;Oliver, Ricard, Witt, Alvarado, & Hill Severy & Slinger, 1996;Severy, Lee, & Polson, 1996;Barrows & Murray, 1997;Mahon & Dannells, 1998;Chizhik, 1999;Smerglia & Bouchet, 1999;Dillon & Fisher, 2000;Glennen, Martin, & Walden, 2000;McBeth, Richardson, Cregler, & Meyer, 2000;McCarthy & Mangione, 2000;Ridinger & Pastore, 2000;Jeschke, Johnson, & Williams, 2001;Lynch & Stucky, 2001;Paul, Manetas, Grady, & Vivona, 2001;Steele & Gordon, 2001;Lynch, 2002aLynch, , 2002bReinarz & Ehrlich, 2002;Waters, 2002;Miller & Woycheck, 2003;Donnelly, 2004;Leonard,...…”