A course developed within an academic department to expose students to discipline-specific career information and decision making is described, including course assignments and student reactions. A side benefit has been closer career-oriented connections between faculty and practitioners. (MSE)

A system for planned change in an academic advising program is proposed that identifies specific steps in response to specific organizational obstacles and problems and matches them with the area of organizational concern (formal structure, system support, human resources) and probable locus of leadership for the proposed initiatives. (MSE)

A survey of medical school applicants rejected by the University of Arizona, Arizona State University, and Northern Arizona University were surveyed about their actions and career plans after the rejection. Most experienced a career crisis, some an identity crisis. Better early career counseling is recommended. (MSE)

Effective guidance and planning are needed to help individuals cope with and integrate changes they experience during their college years. Advisers need to understand the several dimensions in which students are likely to be encountering change. Resources, techniques, and strategies are suggested. (MLW)

Compared effectiveness of the faculty members' (N=37) perception of their own advising with students' (N=183) perception of faculty advising. Faculty consistently rated their effectiveness higher than students rated faculty effectiveness in four areas of advising. (Author)

Environmental factors that will affect academic advising in the 1980s, appropriate goals, and suggestions on how to affect change are discussed. Because evidence shows that academic advising, student retention, and institutional stability are strongly linked, the future of academic advising is seen as bright, with institutions elevating its…

An advising model used by Marymount Manhattan College is described. The heart of advising is the faculty: faculty care about students, design major requirements and course content, communicate the rationale for required courses, help students see alternatives in courses of study, and provide them with options. (MLW)

Quality Function Deployment, a set of concepts and tools used in manufacturing engineering to link consumer needs with product design, can also improve academic advising systems and processes. The technique promotes structured, logical examination of students' advising needs and their relationship to advising system design, processes, methods,…

Results of a study of the reliability of student ratings of academic advising from 15 postsecondary institutions show that generalizability theory is an appropriate and accurate way to estimate reliability. Advantages and disadvantages of the generalizability theory approach in comparison with coefficient alpha are discussed. (SLD)

Explores ways in which expert and novice roles are constituted and maintained in an academic counseling encounter. Characterizes the meeting as a socializing, problem-solving event and uses functional linguistics and discourse analysis to describe how the counselor and student mark stance through linguistic choices such as polarity, modality,…

Presents both advice and cautions for the academic advisor working with college students with disabilities, in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Includes specific discussion of the dangers of stereotyping people or professions and a reminder to view this population as students, with disabilities secondary to student status, and…

Applies three factors of expectancy theory (estimations of the likelihood of success, likelihood that a behavior will result in certain outcomes, and positive or negative value placed on each outcome) to faculty academic advising. Identifies educational environments and activities conducive to use of the theory to enhance faculty motivation for…

Describes a computerized partial degree auditing system, MAPP (Monitoring Academic Progress Policy), developed at the University of Florida to monitor students' progress into appropriate majors and apply institutional policy concerning degrees. The system generates letters directing students to advisors when needed. Discusses advantages for…

Offers advice on helping students to gather information about the title professions, seek health-related experience, and prepare academically competitive portfolios. Discusses admission procedures, including application timelines, standardized tests, interviews, and letters of evaluation. (EV)

A study using results of the American College Testing Service alumni survey evaluated the perceived utility of academic majors, congruence between major and career, quality of educational preparation, and effects of gender on the outcome measures for 55,000 college alumni. Results are summarized and discussed. (Author/MSE)