Increasing Voluntary Student-Advisor Contacts
This study examines a method for increasing voluntary student participation in the academic advising process. During a first-year seminar required of all students entering North Dakota State University, advisor contacts were measured for students whose course instructors served as their academic advisors and compared them with those of students assigned to other advisors. Results indicated that students whose instructors also served as their academic advisors voluntarily attended advising sessions significantly more often than those who were assigned to advisors with whom they were unfamiliar.
Contributor Notes
Carolyn A. Schnell is Director of the College of University Studies at North Dakota State University. She has served as an academic advisor since 1987 and currently coordinates the required first-year course for four of the colleges at the University. She is working on her doctorate at the University of Minnesota. Interested readers may contact her at caschnel@plains.nodak.edu
