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Peer reviewedMoser, Steven B.; Chong, John K. S. – NACADA Journal, 1995
A survey of 123 academic advisers for Master's in Business Administration (MBA) students investigated the role of four groups of variables (job characteristics, program size/diversity, student characteristics, advisor characteristics) in advisors' job satisfaction. Results showed role clarity, work status (full- vs. part-time), student…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Business Administration Education, College Students, Higher Education
Peer reviewedGordon, Virginia – NACADA Journal, 1998
Presents a brief history of the National Academic Advising Association and examines the association's role at the turn of the 21st century, including the characteristics of tomorrow's students, the role of faculty, and the role of information technology as they relate to academic advising. Approaches to meeting these challenges based on recent…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Agency Role, College Faculty, College Students
Peer reviewedByrd, Marquita L. – NACADA Journal, 1995
Ways in which undergraduate education is changing in terms of student diversity, financing, and time required for graduation are discussed, and ways these changes affect academic advising are considered. It is suggested that colleges provide faculty advisors with specific training and make advising an official and evaluated aspect of faculty…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Students, Counselor Role, Educational Change
Peer reviewedPascarella, Ernest T.; Terenzini, Patrick T. – NACADA Journal, 1995
Ten popular myths about higher education's effect on students are questioned. Issues include: test scores in assessment of college impact; college effect on student development; institutional resources/prestige and quality; two-year college attendance; educational quality at historically black colleges; teaching methods; faculty research; teaching…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Black Colleges, College Outcomes Assessment
