The Role of Faculty Advising, Mentoring, and Gatekeeping as Social Support for Undergraduate Communication Sciences and Disorders Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Brianne H. Roos ◽  
Janet S. Schreck
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Mentoring Programs ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Faculty Advising ◽  
Appreciative Advising ◽  
Faculty Advisors ◽  
And Training

Purpose Social support may be provided by undergraduate students' family and friends and by other members of the campus community, including faculty. The purpose of this review article was to review the existing literature about the roles of faculty members as advisors, mentors, and gatekeepers who provide social support for undergraduate students. Social support is a buffer for stress, and current undergraduate students are more stressed than their predecessors. Method The study is a narrative review of the literature about faculty as advisors, mentors, and gatekeepers. The concept of social support and its relationship to students' stress is explored, followed by a discussion of faculty advisors' roles, knowledge, and skills and a synthesis of literature about prescriptive, developmental, praxis, and appreciative advising. A discussion of faculty as mentors who focus on students' experiences before, during, and after college and as gatekeepers who look for signs of students in distress concludes the review. Conclusions Faculty may provide social support to students inside and outside the classroom as advisors, mentors, and gatekeepers. Assuming these roles means faculty must consider students as whole people who have needs and experiences beyond academics. Students' stress was clear in the literature before COVID-19, and their concerns and needs are exacerbated during the pandemic. Additional research is needed to identify effective advising and mentoring programs for communication sciences and disorders undergraduate students. Increased institutional support for and recognition of the time, resources, and training faculty need to serve in this expanded role is also critical as faculty members attempt to manage their own stress.

scholarly journals Role of Librarians and Information Scientists in Plagiarism Control A Study of NIRF Ranked Engineering Institutions Ranked in 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (03) ◽  
pp. 206-212
Author(s):  
Gulam Jilani ◽  
Naved Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Faculty Members ◽  
Orientation Programs ◽  
Plagiarism Detection ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Media Services ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Department Faculty ◽  
Head Of Department ◽  
And Training

The study was conducted to ascertain the role played by librarians and information scientists in controlling plagiarism in NIRF ranked engineering institutions ranked in 2020. With the application of knowledge of various types of resources and technological tools, librarians and information scientists play vital roles in making the awareness and fighting the disease of plagiarism. The students, research scholars and more importantly the faculty should be aware of plagiarism and its detrimental effects on their practices on their study & research and future career as well. The major objective of this study was to recognise the role played by librarians and information scientists in curbing plagiarism. Keeping this in view, a few research questions were framed. The study surveyed 200 NIRF ranked engineering institutions ranked in 2020 where engineering programs are being conducted. The researchers of this study found that majority of the librarians and information scientists (81.82 %) think that awareness about plagiarism is quite important while 89.92 per cent of them also ascertained that their institutions have plagiarism policy, and most of the institutions are using Turnitin and/or Urkund Anti-Plagiarism detection tool as well. The Librarians and Information Scientists make their users aware about plagiarism by promulgating the information through various activities through the library portals/websites as well as social media services. It was found that total 68.18 per cent respondents believe that ‘Orientation Programs and training’ is quite significant methods to make them aware about regulations against plagiarism and can discourage such intellectual theft and infringement. The study also reveals that the librarians should frequently conduct meetings with Head of Department, Faculty members and educators to discuss the issue and also deliver lectures to the faculty members, researchers as well as students.

Undergraduate Students Information Behavior in the Changing Technological Era

2014 ◽  
pp. 211-226
Author(s):  
Naifa Eid Al-Saleem
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Sultan Qaboos University ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Google Search ◽  
Academic Year

There has been a great deal of research conducted to investigate the information-seeking behavior of difference group of users. A search of current literature, however, reveals few studies dealing with information-seeking strategies of undergraduates in the electronic era. This chapter presents the results of a preliminary study of information-seeking among 675 undergraduates at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU). The study was designed to 1) explore undergraduates’ information-seeking behavior with e-resources; 2) identify the role of faculty members and librarians in assisting undergraduates to attain search skills; and 3) discover the differences between undergraduates in terms of their age, gender, academic year, and college. The study results indicated that only 3% of undergraduates use the electronic services and databases subscribed to by the SQU main library. In addition, the results showed that 57.7% of the undergraduate students at SQU used the Google search engine for their initial search. There is a statistical difference between undergraduate students in terms of their age and use of e-resources. Finally, this study found the role of faculty members and librarians in assisting undergraduates to learn search strategies is almost absent.

The Importance of Positive Social Support During Reentry From Prison: Examining the Role of Volunteer Mentoring

2021 ◽  
pp. 0306624X2110593
Author(s):  
Jean Kjellstrand ◽  
Jordan Matulis ◽  
Arriell Jackson ◽  
Jo Smith ◽  
J. Mark Eddy
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Transitional Housing ◽  
Mentoring Programs ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Housing Program ◽  
Distal Outcome ◽  
Positive Social Support ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
General Wellbeing

Social support appears to be important in improving outcomes for incarcerated individuals during the reentry process not only in terms of general wellbeing but also in gaining employment and avoiding recidivism. Mentoring programs have become increasingly popular interventions that are intended to provide such support during reentry. However, research on mentoring programs is limited and tends to focus solely on the programs’ impact on recidivism, a distal outcome. Through the use of semi-structured, in-depth interviews, this qualitative study focuses on more proximal outcomes, exploring how reentering individuals who are receiving volunteer mentoring through a transitional housing program define successful reentry and perceive the value of different types of support they received from their mentors. Participants identified several indicators of successful reentry and discussed the types of support that were helpful, harmful, or absent. Implications for practice and areas for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Validating Faculty Advising Through Assessment

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-49
Author(s):  
Julie E. Yonker ◽  
Dana Hebreard ◽  
Brian D. Cawley
Keyword(s):  
Academic Advising ◽  
Student Evaluations ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Faculty Advising ◽  
Perceived Importance ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Advising Assessment

Faculty members take on the role of primary advisors on many small campuses. Many report feeling underprepared for the advising role. Assessment of academic advising can raise the awareness and perceived importance of advising and provide helpful feedback for practitioners. We developed a 14-item online advising assessment used to evaluate four important domains of advising: academic advice, advisor availability, advisor as personable and interested, and advising about vocation. We used this assessment to evaluate advisors who participated in an advising workshop designed to enhance their relational and conceptual advising skills. Student evaluations of advisors before and after the workshop showed significant positive differences. We recommend this assessment for advising improvement and as a means of evaluating workshop efficacy.

The buffer theory of social support – a review of the literature

1987 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Alloway ◽  
Paul Bebbington
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Longitudinal Studies ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Spurious Association ◽  
Psychosocial Adversity ◽  
The Many ◽  
Affective Disturbances ◽  
Buffering Effects

SynopsisThe buffer theory postulates that social support moderates the power of psychosocial adversity to precipitate episodes of illness. In this paper, we review the theory as applied to minor affective disturbances. Research in this area suffers because of the many disparate conceptualizations of social support and the resulting difficulty of deciding on the content of measures. Moreover, the meaning of the term buffering is itself unclear. These problems have not, however, inhibited research, and many cross-sectional and longitudinal studies have now been carried out. Our review leads to the conclusion that evidence for a buffering role of social support is inconsistent, reflecting methodological differences between studies but probably also indicating that buffering effects are not of dramatic proportions. Moreover, it is possible that the observed relationships are the result of spurious association or contamination of measures.

UM PANORAMA SOBRE A INOVAÇÃO SUSTENTÁVEL NAS PEQUENAS E MÉDIAS EMPRESAS: REVISÃO DA LITERATURA E PRINCIPAIS DESAFIOS

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-60
Author(s):  
Diego Augusto De Jesus Pacheco
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Short Term ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
Innovative Behaviour ◽  
Awareness Raising ◽  
And Training ◽  
Term Management

The debate on eco-innovation, although recent, is gaining relevance in the practical context of business and academia. The purpose of this research is to identify the characteristics and determinants of eco-innovation in SMEs from a systematic review of the literature. After reviewing the literature on eco-innovation in databases, it was possible to identify a list of relevant aspects on eco-innovation in the field of SMEs. Some of the main conclusions point to the need to contemplate in eco-innovation projects the three dimensions Of sustainability: economic, social, and environmental; The lack of neutrality in regulation and policies, which prioritises large companies to the detriment of SMEs; Specific actions for SMEs, technological advice, and awareness-raising, and training programs should be taken to improve cooperation with external stakeholders. Among the main barriers were the lack of resources (capital, knowledge, and skills), the focus of short-term management and the difficulty in radically innovating. Finally, the determinants and critical factors are associated with the innovative behaviour of SMEs in using networks to overcome their shortcomings, the role of the owner in driving innovation and its orientation towards sustainability within the enterprise, the long-term orientation of firm and, above all, the need for greater investment in innovation. 

scholarly journals Concordance (or Discordance) Between Students and Staff/Faculty Perceptions of Student Stress in Science

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Dana Ménard ◽  
Kendall Soucie ◽  
Sira Jaffri ◽  
Chris Houser ◽  
Dora Cavallo-Medved
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Faculty Perceptions ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Student Stress

The purpose of this study was to explore the experience and management of stress in science students and to evaluate concordance with faculty/staff members’ appraisal of student stress. A survey was completed by 308 students and by 40 staff and faculty members. Students’ stress levels were high but there were no differences based on demographic groups. Students’ top stressors included workload, grades, career, time management, and anxiety. Faculty and staff members accurately estimated the level of undergraduate student stress but underestimated graduate student stress. They also demonstrated a good understanding of the role of specific academic stressors, but consistently overestimated the contribution of stress from other sources. Students described using a variety of different coping strategies, including social support, self-care, hobbies, and problem-solving.

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