Editorial Type: research-article
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Online Publication Date: 01 Mar 2002

Advising at the Millennium: Advisor Training, Compensation, and Support

Article Category: Research Article
Page Range: 65 – 75
DOI: 10.12930/0271-9517-22.1.65
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This is the second in a series of articles in which the results of the NACADA Academic Advising Survey 2000 are presented. In this article, academic training, compensation, professional development opportunities, and technical support are reported by survey respondents. These factors are examined according to the type, mission, and size of the advisors' institutions.

Copyright: © 2002 National Academic Advising Association 2002

Contributor Notes

Michael Lynch is Associate Vice President for Educational and Personal Development and Associate Professor of Counseling and Educational Psychology at Kansas State University. He is a past editor of the NACADA Journal and NACADA Special Publication Editor. He also serves as Coordinator of Academic Advising Initiatives at Kansas State University where he oversees a number of initiatives designed to enhance academic advising.

Readers are encouraged to exercise appropriate caution in generalizing the data and analyses herein reported. The voluntary nature of the respondents, coupled with the fact that 75% of the respondents were NACADA members, precludes us from considering these data to be representative of all advising in higher education. However, the number of respondents (2,695) lends credibility to the profile presented by the data. The frequencies and percentages are intended to provide a profile of overall academic advising and advising according to various subcategories of institutions (type, mission, and size) as reported by the NACADA membership and their associates. The chi-square analyses are intended to indicate those categories of institutions or advisors who differ significantly from the overall aggregate.

A copy of the NACADA Academic Advising Survey 2000 may be obtained by contacting the NACADA Executive Office by E-mail at nacada@ksu.edu or by calling (785) 532-5717.

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