Describes a program for more effective academic advising called "Freshman Dialogue" where small groups of freshmen meet weekly with a trained faculty advisor for an intensive orientation to the university. Provides various rewards for both students and faculty. Results indicate the program was enthusiastically received and retention improved.…

Explores the domain of personal counseling for faculty in contemporary higher education. Desirable personality characteristics of the teacher-counselor are examined and a range of traditional counseling problems are identified. Suggests there is an appropriate role for counseling that should be rewarded as a valuable dimension of college teaching.…

This study utilized data from the "NCES Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS 96/01)" to explore the 6-year persistence status of Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) students seeking the bachelor's degree at four-year institutions irrespective of whether they had remained at their initial institution, transferred, temporarily…