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MariaAnita Zavala-Lopez – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The advising experience of students who start their academic studies at a community college is often critical to their success. Students with an intent to earn an associate degree may find that academic advising helps them define their academic goals, affirms their educational plans, and provides them continual guidance. This study explored the…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Community College Students, Self Efficacy, Academic Advising
Erika Velarde – ProQuest LLC, 2023
A growing number of college students today are First-Generation. First-Generation (FG) college student experiences and performance on student success measures differ from their peers whose parents have earned college degrees (Astin, 1975; Chen & Carroll, 2005; Ishitani, 2006; Pascarella et al., 2004). The purpose of this quantitative study was…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, First Generation College Students, Academic Achievement, Success
The Career Leadership Collective – American Association of State Colleges and Universities, 2021
Today's higher education leaders face crucial decisions about how to craft the college experience to both focus on the connection between college and careers and to create a more equitable and just experience for every student. This toolkit builds upon the idea that career advising can be meaningfully integrated throughout an institution to create…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Career Guidance, Academic Advising, College Students
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Protivnak, Jake J.; Foss, Louisa L. – Counselor Education and Supervision, 2009
The purpose of the present study was to explore the themes that counselor education doctoral students perceive as influencing their experience. The results of an exploratory qualitative study in which counselor education doctoral students provided their perceptions of what helped or hindered their progress are presented. Themes identified as both…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes
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Guiffrida, Douglas A.; Douthit, Kathryn Z. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2010
Research from higher education and cultural studies that has examined the Black college student experience at predominantly White institutions (PWIs) is presented to assist counselors in understanding how Black college students' relationships with faculty, family, friends from home, and peers in Black student organizations can become assets or…
Descriptors: African American Students, Student Organizations, Student Experience, College Students
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2012
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) documents dimensions of quality in undergraduate education and provides information and assistance to colleges, universities, and other organizations to improve student learning. Its primary activity is annually surveying college students to assess the extent to which they engage in educational…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Student Surveys, Undergraduate Students, Learner Engagement