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Developing an Effective Delivery System--The Freshman Advising Program.
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Iaccino, James – NACADA Journal, 1987
The Freshman Advising Program at Illinois Benedictine College is described. The program was developed to improve the quality of academic advising and to lower the student attrition rate. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Freshmen, Dropout Prevention, Faculty Advisers
An Effective Peer Advising Program in a Large Psychology Department.
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Nelson, Eileen S.; Fonzi, Ginger L. – NACADA Journal, 1995
An advising program in the James Madison University (Virginia) psychology department recruits and trains students to provide basic information about majors, careers, field opportunities, and graduate schools to their peers. The work of the 20 volunteers, who serve 900 students, is coordinated by a faculty member. Each peer advisor serves on a…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Committees, Departments, Higher Education
Student Satisfaction with Faculty Advisors in an Intrusive Advising Program.
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Vowell, Faye; Karst, Ronald – NACADA Journal, 1987
The procedures involved in implementing an intrusive advising program at Emporia State University are described. The findings reported are based on a questionnaire designed to assess the effectiveness of the program, including some comments from students who participated. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Students, Faculty Advisers, Higher Education
The Ursinus College Freshman Advising Program.
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Chambliss, Catherine Anne; Fago, George – NACADA Journal, 1987
Ursinus College introduced a new Freshman Advising Program at the beginning of the 1982-83 academic year. The program called on specially trained faculty to play a greatly expanded role as mentor-advisors. Student evaluations of freshman advising are discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Church Related Colleges, College Freshmen, College Students