Summer Honors Academy: A Descriptive Analysis and Suggestions for Advising Academically Talented Students
A follow-up study of the Kansas Regents Honors Academy participants between 1987 and 1998 was conducted. The study examined characteristics of Honors Academy participants in several areas, including the number of attendees who enrolled in Regents universities, their majors, cumulative grade-point averages, degrees obtained, gender, and ethnicities. The results of this study support previous literature, indicating that Honors Academy attendees were more likely to be white females who pursued postsecondary education in the their home state and entered the fields of biological sciences, social sciences, business, engineering, English, and education. Suggestions for advising academically talented high school students are provided.
Contributor Notes
Robert E. Glennen is currently serving as the interim President at the University of Southern Colorado. He is President Emeritus of Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, having served from 1984 to 1997. During the 1998-99 academic year, he served as the Jones Distinguished University Professor in the Jones Institute for Educational Excellence at Emporia State University. He has served as an Associate Professor at Eastern Montana State College; Associate Dean of the Freshman Year of Studies at the University of Notre Dame; Dean of the University College, Vice President for Educational Services and acting Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas; and President of Western New Mexico University. He received his bachelor's degree in Languages, Philosophy, and Education; a master's degree in Educational Administration from the University of Portland; and a doctoral degree in Counseling and Social Psychology from the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. Since his retirement, he has served as acting Vice Chancellor at the University of Arkansas at Monticello and interim Provost at the University of Southern Colorado.
Dr. Glennen has been a college academic advising and retention consultant for more than 35 colleges, universities, and community colleges across the United States and has received numerous awards for his work in and support of teacher education, including the award for Outstanding Support of Teacher Education from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. His presentations and publications have focused on academic advising, student retention, and enrollment management.
David J. Martin is currently pursuing a master's degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology at Emporia State University and served as a graduate research assistant for 2 years at the Jones Institute for Educational Excellence. He received an associate's degree in Management from the University of Maryland and his bachelor's degree in industrial psychology from Missouri Western State College, St. Joseph, Missouri.
Heather Walden is currently a graduate student at Emporia State University pursuing a master's degree in Clinical Psychology. After completion of this degree, she plans to obtain her doctorate in Clinical/Health Psychology. She is currently working as a research associate at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She received her bachelor of science degree in psychology from Missouri Western State College in St. Joseph, Missouri.
The authors wish to thank the anonymous reviewers for the substantial improvements in the manuscript resulting from their suggestions.
