Rating Scales for the Evaluation of Academic Advisors
Comprehensive evaluation of academic advisors' styles and skills should incorporate ratings by consumers of such services (students) as well as peers and supervisors. This article offers multidimensional scales to assess responses to individual advisor performance (rather than overall program performance). The student scale contains the dimensions: social context, individual educational advice, and university procedures. The professional scale contains the dimensions: task competence, other orientation, and professional networking. All scales demonstrate high reliabilities (.85 to .95) and clear construct validity and are presented in their entirety.
Contributor Notes
Lawrence Severy is Director of University Advising and Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Naomi Lee is Associate Director of Untversity Advising.
Keith Carodine is Associate Athletic Director for Academic Affairs.
Lou Powers is an academzc advisor and directs the University's retention programs.
Geoffrey Mason is a graduate student in social psychology. Funding for this initiative was provided, via endowment, to the first author, as the R. David Thomas Professor of Psychology. The authors wish to acknowledge the contributions of Tim Aydt and Milvia members of the work group responsible for the generation of items for the scales. Copies of both scales are available upon request. Address requests or other correspondence concerning this article to Lawrence J. Severy, PO Box 118135, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2049.
