The purpose of this study was to develop a computerized program to assist students and their faculty advisors in the initial planning and the on-going evaluation of their academic course of study. The system was conceptualized as an interacting process which would compare the student's proposed academic program with a data bank of information…

Research proposals funded by the National Academic Advising Association are summarized. Topics include adult student retention factors, high-risk students' learning processes, undergraduate engineering performance predictors, traditional and computerized advising in research universities, re-entry women, advisor training through case studies,…