scholarly journals Developing Successful Transition Support for Students in Africa: The Role of Academic Advising

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. vi-xii
Author(s):  
Birgit Schreiber ◽  
Thierry M. Luescher ◽  
Teboho Moja
Keyword(s):  
Academic Advising ◽  
Successful Transition ◽  
Transition Support

scholarly journals ENHANCING THE ROLE OF ACADEMIC ADVISING ON THE COLLEGE CAMPUS

1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary L. Kramer
Keyword(s):  
Academic Advising ◽  
Guest Editorial ◽  
College Campus ◽  
First Year ◽  
Developmental Advising ◽  
First Year Of College ◽  
John Gardner

In this guest editorial, Gary Kramer relates some excerpts on the five points of a successful advising program from a paper in press entitled “Developmental Advising to Enhance Freshman Success,” written by Gary Kramer, E. D. Peterson, and R. W. Spencer, to be published as a chapter in John Gardner and Lee Upcraft's book, Enhancing Success in the First Year of College, a Jossey-Bass publication.

Examining the Academic Advising Experiences of Black Males at an Urban University: An Exploratory Case Study

2019 ◽  
pp. 004208591989404
Author(s):  
Royel M. Johnson ◽  
Terrell L. Strayhorn ◽  
Christopher S. Travers
Keyword(s):  
Predominantly White ◽  
Academic Advising ◽  
Black Males ◽  
Academic Advisor ◽  
Predominantly White Institution ◽  
Urban University ◽  
White Institution ◽  
Race And Culture

To ensure the effectiveness of academic advising efforts on campus and to increase Black male collegians’ use of such services, administrators must better understand how Black males experience academic advising in college. This exploratory qualitative case study aims to understand the academic advising experiences of Black males at a large urban, predominantly White institution. Participants in this study (a) experienced a number of process-related challenges, including difficulties with scheduling advising appointments and accessing their academic advisor; (b) stressed the role of race and culture in academic advising; and (c) highlighted positive outcomes of formal and informal advising. Implications for research, practice, and policy are discussed.

The Role of Professional Academic Advisors in Curriculum Development Grants

1990 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-34
Author(s):  
Martha McMillian ◽  
William A. Ivy
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum Development ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Academic Advising ◽  
National Science Foundation Grant ◽  
Academic Advisors ◽  
Orientation Course ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Science And Mathematics Teachers

Academic advisors can make important contributions in implementing curriculum development grants received by universities. Presented in case study form is the advising and orientation plan developed for a National Science Foundation grant to prepare future science and mathematics teachers. This plan discusses comprehensive recruitment strategies, a specially designed orientation course, off-campus retreats and field experiences, and academic advising and career counseling. The plan fostered a sense of community among students and faculty, as well as a commitment to the project. This contributed to the success of the project and could contribute to similar grants as well.

scholarly journals Sticky Transformation – How path dependencies in socio-technical regimes are impeding the transformation to a Green Economy

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-138
Author(s):  
Jens Clausen ◽  
Edgar Göll ◽  
Valentin Tappeser
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Research Use ◽  
Work Activity ◽  
Successful Transition ◽  
Innovation Research ◽  
Path Dependencies ◽  
Role Of The State

Many works in innovation research use path dependencies to explain the fact that change is often difficult to achieve. With regard to a transition to a green economy specific path dependencies are identified in the sectors of energy, mobility, housing and food in Germany.  The paper looks into technological, economical, organizational, user-specific and legal path dependencies. For a successful transition to a green economy, the role of the state seems to be central. In many areas of transition, transitional regulation is full of loopholes and does not work. Activity of lobby groups prevents society from setting path-changing regulation.

scholarly journals Toward a Substantive Theory of the Academic Advising Process: A Grounded Theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-105
Author(s):  
Craig M. McGill
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Academic Advising ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Academic Identity ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Informed Decision Making ◽  
Substantive Theory

The role of academic advising in higher education remains largely misunderstood by university stakeholders, faculty and staff, students, and academic advisors. Many hold the simplistic view that academic advising is merely transmitting information to students to ensure timely graduation, a perception that limits what advising can do for student learning, growth, and development. Interviews with NACADA leaders and document analysis reveals a grounded theory of the academic advising process: within the advising context, students connect with caring institutional representatives, make meaning of experiences, and engage in informed decision-making. Synthesizing these experiences helps students develop their academic identity. The theory can aid stakeholders outside of academic advising and give practicing advisors language to explain the valuable work they do with students.

scholarly journals Education as a Pathway to Help Job Searching Military Veterans’ Transition to Civilian Life

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Gary Blau ◽  
Glen Miller
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Military Veterans ◽  
Specific Role ◽  
United States Military ◽  
Partial Support ◽  
Civilian Life ◽  
Successful Transition ◽  
Transition To Civilian Life ◽  
Job Searching

The transition from military to civilian life can be a difficult process. Two distinct samples of working United States military veterans were studied: combat (n = 56) and non-combat (n=43). The goal of this study was to investigate the specific role of furthering one’s education as a pathway to help job-searching military veterans in their transition to civilian life. Across both samples, veterans who were actively job searching had higher burnout and general exhaustion than veterans not actively searching. There was partial support for finding veterans who were actively job searching to be currently furthering their education, and for those currently furthering their education to perceive higher occupational alternatives. High percentages in both samples were currently going to school to further their education. The importance of education as a pathway to support military veterans making a successful transition to civilian life is discussed.

scholarly journals TRANZICIJA IZ HRANITELJSTVA U SAMOSTALNOST – PRIKAZ ISTRAŽIVANJA

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-71
Author(s):  
Ivan Anđelković ◽  
Bojana Pucarević
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Foster Care ◽  
Young People ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Successful Transition ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Independent Life

The paper offers a critical review of recently published studies of the factors contributing to a successful transition to indepemdent life by the young in foster care. The review includes research conducted in various cultural contexts, such as the USA, Germany, Norway, Korea, Israel, as well as our own country. Our aim has been to describe the considerable achievents in this field, and point out the importance of those results which have been confirmed in more than a single research – specifically, the crucial role of social support in a successful passage to independent life. In addition to being established as culturally universal, this result has been obtained both in the studies concerned with successful transitions, and those focusing on the difficulties faced by the young people leaving foster care. The review also includes research which adresses the questions of what do the capability and readiness of adolescents to build and rely on social support depend on. In the paper the shortcomings and omissions of the studies examined are also considered and possible perspectives for further research into the complex problems related to leaving foster care are suggested, so that the results of such scientific invetigations might be of greater service in the planning and providing of actual interventions.

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