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Student Preferences for Personal Contact in a Student-Faculty Advising Relationship.
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Fielstein, Lynda L. – NACADA Journal, 1987
A study to "arrive at a clearer understanding of the type of relationship students want when interacting with a faculty advisor" is described. The results indicate that most students think it is important for their advisor to be personally acquainted with them. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Students, Faculty Advisers, Higher Education
Student Priorities for Academic Advising: Do They Want a Personal Relationship?
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Fielstein, Lynda L. – NACADA Journal, 1989
A study found students prefer prescriptive to developmental advising, but like a combination of the two, with limits to the degree of personal involvement desired. Advisors attracted to the developmental mode are cautioned to consider carefully how much personal counseling to provide. Research on student characteristics and preferences is…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Faculty, College Students, Counselor Role
The Relationship of Student Satisfaction with Advising to Administrative Support for Advising Services.
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Fielstein, Lynda L.; Lammers, William J. – NACADA Journal, 1992
A study of 90 sophomores and seniors in 1 university's colleges of agriculture/home economics, arts/sciences, and business investigated whether associate deans' perceptions of advising agreed with students' perceptions and to discover the philosophy of advising in each college. Student satisfaction with advising appears to be linked to…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Administrative Policy, Administrator Attitudes, Agricultural Education
Differences in Traditional and Nontraditional Students' Preferences for Advising Services and Perceptions of Services Received.
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Fielstein, Lynda L.; And Others – NACADA Journal, 1992
A survey of 103 undergraduate and graduate students found both traditional and nontraditional students rated prescriptive advising as more important and more satisfactory than developmental advising, but both groups also found the advising they received (of either kind) less satisfactory than desired. The questionnaire used is appended. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education