This investigation has as its purpose: (1) to identify present
student personnel practices in evening community college programs,
(2) to identify student personnel practices considered "desirable" or
"undesirable" in evening community college programs, and (3) to
develop student personnel service guidelines for an evening community
college program.
Securing and Treating...
The two-fold purpose of this study is (1) to determine
differences in perception of counseling and guidance needs
between community college bound high school seniors,
community college counselors, and chief student services
administrators, and (2) to establish the nature and priority
of counseling and guidance needs of community college bound...
The purpose of this study was twofold: First, to establish a means
of assessing the degree of professional status accorded student personnel
workers by constructing an attitude questionnaire, for student
clientele, based upon statements derived from eight criteria for
evaluating professional status; Second, to determine and analyze the
attitudes measured...
Purpose of the Study: Fundamental to the issue of a proposal for professional preparation in college student personnel work for Western Canada is: What are the training experiences that will constitute an adequate preparation for persons performing student personnel functions in two-year postsecondary
institutions in Western Canada? There is a...
This study was conducted to (1) determine and assess perceptual
differences among graduate advisors, administrators, and graduate
students regarding the roles and functions of graduate advisors;
(2) determine the appropriate roles and functions of graduate
advisors; and (3) provide constructive feedback to graduate advisors.
A sample population of 415 was...
The Problem
The general purpose of this study was to determine the
completeness and adequacy of student personnel services in
Negro colleges of the South Atlantic States. Specifically,
the problem was (1) to identify and analyze the nature of
student personnel practices in Negro colleges of the South
Atlantic States;...
Emerging adulthood is a newly-defined developmental phase that occurs during the traditional college years (18-22) (Arnett, 2015). These students at colleges and universities are showing a dramatic increase in emotional distress, with the largest increase occurring in anxiety and stress symptomology (Association of University and College Counseling Center Directors, 2017)....
This study examined the education and preparation of
220 full-time learning assistance professionals in
California's public Community College, State University, and
University of California systems. The purpose of the study
was to describe selected characteristics of the
professionals and to assess their implications for future
training programs. The results were...
This study was designed to answer
1. What are the practices of secondary supervising teachers
in conferring with their Oregon State University student
teachers?
2. What are the beliefs of secondary supervising teachers
concerning conferences with Oregon State University student
teachers?
To obtain answers to the questions of this study...
The purpose of this study was to assess the congruence of perceptions of academic advising between students and advisers. Seventeen tasks involved in developmental academic advising were identified from a review of current academic advising literature. These criteria became the basis of a questionnaire that asked students whether their adviser...
This dissertation demonstrates how Social Cognitive Theory (Bandura, 1986,
1997) can be successfully applied to Counselor academic advising interventions, in
order to increase students' self-efficacy and self-regulated learning (Zimmerman,
2000) in academic planning as learned outcomes. This was accomplished by (a)
reviewing the academic advising literature and showing the current...
Academic advising on American college and university campuses
has evolved into a professional activity supported by a growing body
of theory and research. Developmental psychology provided the
foundation for an approach to advising that emphasizes an holistic view
of the student by supplementing traditional advising functions with
career and personal...