Computer-assisted advising can be an effective support for conventional academic advising. A shell-based expert system allows computer-assisted advising without automated student records, because students maintain and input their own records into the system. The Expert System for Advising Undergraduates (ESAU) used in the management department of…

A study investigated the retention, academic success, and progress of 97 returning adult university students, assessing the effects of background characteristics, goals and commitments, interaction within the institution, and external factors. Interaction within the institution in the form of academic advising was found to have the most…

Constructive developmental theory is offered as a useful framework from which to encourage greater college student ownership of the educational planning process and to inform the direction and content of advising. Methods of assessing and enhancing development are suggested, and two cases that depict advising from this perspective are presented.…

Enrollment management differs from admissions in its concern for students at every stage of their association with the college. As such, it must address retention issues. Academic advising can contribute to improved retention, but to be effective it must be appropriate. A number of advising models are currently in use. (MSE)

A discussion of ethics in college academic advising looks at four ideals of ethics (utility, justice, respect for persons, and fidelity), proposes eight ethical principles for advising, and applies them in five hypothetical case studies. The principles are suggested for training purposes, not as a code of ethics. (MSE)

A survey of 278 academic advisors from six four-year colleges and universities determined differences in advisors' attitudes toward students matriculating at their institutions, transfer community-college students, and students coming from other four-year colleges. Advisors viewed transfer students as less prepared, less motivated, less…

Summarizes key findings from counseling, advisement, and intercultural communication literature that are associated with multicultural competence, including the academic and modeling role of the advisor. Offers a conceptual framework of standards for developing multicultural communication advisement competence. (Author/DB)

Describes "walking office hours," an activity in which students (n=64) in introductory health topics and human resources management classes each took a one-half hour walk with the professor around the campus. In both classes students unanimously reported higher "comfort levels" with the instructor following the walk. (DB)

Discusses theories of postgraduate pedagogy by analyzing the narratives and metaphors used to represent relationships between supervisors and degree candidates. Finds that hierarchical models and often combative dynamics based on unequal power relations prevail. Proposes an alternative familial model based on experiential and feminist methodology.…

A study in a private, urban university investigated characteristics and attitudes of part-time faculty relating to developmental advising for college students. Results indicate that years of association with the institution positively affect faculty engagement in developmental advising. Implications are drawn for enhancing faculty commitment to…

A portion of the results of a national academic advising survey are reported. Advising data on 754 programs are analyzed to determine the performance of seven advising models on eight program goals and their perceived effectiveness on 11 program variables. The data also create a context for deeper consideration of the relationship between an…

A North Dakota State University study found that during a required first-year seminar, students whose course instructors served as their academic advisors voluntarily attended advising sessions significantly more often than did students whose advisors were not their course teachers. Areas for further research and implications for advising programs…

Introduces, discusses, and illustrates a model of student academic advising that clarifies the individual roles and responsibilities of the student-advisee and the professor-mentor relationships. Preliminary steps to the engagement approach are presented, such as engaging in a mutually supportive environment and providing ongoing guidance through…

This study reports on an initiative using Meyer's (2000a) Reflections on Learning Inventory (RoLI) to bring first-year students' understandings of themselves as learners together with the expectations of their academic subjects. Students on a generic skills-based programme were asked to discussed their RoLI profiles with their academic tutor, and…

Once upon a time, parents would help their children move into dorm rooms and apartments, then wave good-bye for the semester. Not anymore. Baby boomers have arguably been more involved in their children's educations--and their lives in general--than any preceding generation of parents, university observers say. And boomers see no reason why that…