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Download full textFields, Hall R.; Barrett, Anita – 1996
The purpose of this study was to develop an academic counseling and advising process that would improve the communication between other units of Grambling State University and the College of Basic and Special Studies (CBSS) in ways that would enhance student retention and satisfy students' academic needs. Five propositions on academic advising for…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Students, Faculty Advisers, Higher Education
Heard, Frank B. – 1987
A computerized curriculum monitoring system (CMS) was developed at Shelby State Community College (SSCC) in Tennessee to restrict student registration to courses for which they have completed the prerequisites and corequisites. The CMS is a subroutine of the on-line registration program, which matches students' course selections against their…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Counseling
Kroll, Ronald C. – 1990
A profile of new students at a Practical Bible Training School (PBTS) was developed for the fall 1989 semester. American College Testing/Scholastic Aptitude Test scores, high school and college grade point averages (GPAs) and percentile ranks, college credits and degrees earned, years and grades in high school subjects, and placement scores in…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Church Related Colleges, Cohort Analysis, College Students
Conklin, John J. – 1992
A study was done to determine student attitudes towards their experience in the practicum component of the graduate program at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work (UCONN). The program lasts 2 years and the hypothesis was that students had the same level of satisfaction for both years. A questionnaire was developed and sent to 248…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Heard, Frank B. – 1988
A study was conducted at Shelby State Community College (SSCC) in Tennessee to determine the extent, causes, and solutions to the problem of student retention. The study involved: (1) a comparative analysis of headcounts to assess the extent of the dropout problem, which indicated that enrollments declined sharply from 5,289 in 1983 to 3,399 in…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Community Colleges, Declining Enrollment, Dropout Prevention
Arzoumanian, Linda Lee – 1994
This report describes a program designed to promote the use of recorded observations in Child Development Associate (CDA) advisors' assessments of interns in early childhood education at a southwestern community college. Sixty-one advisors participated in the program, which consisted of a series of five staff development meetings, formulation of a…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Community Colleges, Competency Based Education, Early Childhood Education
Purdy, Jeanette J. – 1985
In spring 1984, a study was conducted at Mercer County Community College (MCCC) in Trenton, New Jersey, to determine the difference between the quality of academic advisement for day and evening students. At the time of the study, MCCC enrolled approximately 10,500 full- and part-time students. One-third of these students attended day sessions,…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Effectiveness
