Date of Award
Fall 12-2008
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Educational Leadership and Research
Committee Chair
Willie Pierce
Committee Member 2
James T. Johnson
Committee Member 3
Debra Gentry
Committee Member 4
Joe Paul
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine which of the two dominant advising approaches, prescriptive (advisor focused) or developmental (relational focused), academically underprepared students preferred and to determine if this student population's advising relationships, experiences, and activities contribute to their level of satisfaction and their intent to persist at the participating university the following semester.
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Copyright
2008, Jennifer Lorean Ducksworth
Recommended Citation
Ducksworth, Jennifer Lorean, "First-First Year Academically Underprepared Students' Judgments of Their Perceived Academic Advising Needs and Preferences and Their Level of Satisfaction and Intention to Persist at The University of Southern Mississippi" (2008). Dissertations. 1210.
https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/1210
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