First Advisor

Janine Allen

Date of Publication

Summer 8-8-2013

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership: Postsecondary Education

Department

Educational Leadership and Policy

Language

English

Subjects

Counseling in higher education -- Oregon -- Evaluation, Academic achievement -- Oregon -- Evaluation, College attendance -- Oregon -- Evaluation, College dropouts -- Oregon -- Prevention -- Evaluation, College freshmen -- Counseling of -- Evaluation

DOI

10.15760/etd.1044

Physical Description

1 online resource (ix, 199 pages)

Abstract

Academic advising has been touted as a key to student success and retention. Today's academic advising delivery models vary considerably and little is known about the efficiency and effectiveness of these models. The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a relationship between how academic advising is delivered to first-year students at a four-year public, high research activity university located on the west coast and the students' satisfaction with advising, advising learning outcomes, and retention. In the study, responses of 628 first-year students to a survey which asked them about their attitudes toward and experiences with academic advising were examined. Results indicated statistically significant relationships between student satisfaction ratings and advising learning outcomes and how advising is delivered, specifically, who advises students, where students are advised, how frequently students are required to see an advisor, how frequently students choose to see an advisor, and how "mandatory" advising is implemented. Furthermore results showed that student retention was related to who advises students and how "mandatory" advising is implemented with peer-led advising processes showing higher student attrition rates than other processes. The overall advising delivery variable effect size was small. Implications for practice and suggestions for future research are discussed.

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Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/10003

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