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Peer reviewedPolson, Cheryl J. – Adult Learning, 1994
Developmental advising is the process of helping nontraditional students adjust to academic life, seek individual growth, and set goals. Advisors should use all campus and community resources in helping nontraditional students. (SK)
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adult Students, Higher Education, Nontraditional Students
Peer reviewedPolson, Cheryl J. – National Academic Advising Journal, 1989
The bibliography lists 875 citations from over 40 professional journals and reports on diverse aspects of higher education for adult students. A brief introduction discusses the developmental stages of adult learners and the challenges of researching this diverse population. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adult Development, Adult Students, Developmental Stages
Peer reviewedPolson, Cheryl J.; Gordon, Virginia N. – NACADA Journal, 1988
Research conducted for the National Academic Advising Association in 1985 is summarized and compared with the results to those of a similar study completed in 1980. Advisers' perceptions of advising personnel, clients served, and characteristics of advising were solicited. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Comparative Analysis, Faculty Advisers, Higher Education
Peer reviewedGordon, Virginia N.; Polson, Cheryl J. – NACADA Journal, 1985
The inability of some students to continue pursuing the undergraduate academic program they initially selected because of stringent institutional or departmental requirements is discussed. A survey to study the problem of the need for alternative advising for these students is described. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Career Choice, College Students, Higher Education
Peer reviewedPolson, Cheryl J.; Jurich, Anthony P. – NACADA Journal, 1981
The Family and Child Development Advising Center at Kansas State University, created to centralize all advising functions into one operation, seeks also to explore the more personal aspects of the student's academic program and vocational decisions. A questionnaire survey of student perceptions of the centralized advising center is discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Faculty, College Students, Counseling Effectiveness
Peer reviewedPolson, Cheryl J.; Eriksen, Jan P. – NACADA Journal, 1988
The scope of existing services for adult learners in higher education was examined in a mail survey of academic advisors. Two analyses were performed to review the effect of institutional type on services provided, and to understand the impact of perceived administrative support on efforts to serve this student population. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adult Learning, Adult Students, College Administration
Kasworm, Carol E.; Polson, Cheryl J.; Fishback, Sarah Jane – 2002
Intended as a handbook for higher and adult education practitioners serving adult students, this book brings together a variety of information on the diverse characteristics of adult students, explaining how their maturity, complex life experiences, and heterogeneity shape institutional responses. Recruitment, admission, and retention strategies…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adult Students, College Admission, College Environment
