Faculty Advisors at a Twoyear College Using Data to Increase Retention

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Faculty Advisors at a Two-year College Using Data
to Increase Retention

• Concurrent Session/347 2005 NACADA National
  Conference
• Joshua S. Smith, Ph.D.
• Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
• School of Education
• 902 West New York Street
• ES 3151
• Indianapolis, IN 46202
• 317-274-6843
• jss2_at_iupui.edu

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Literature Review

• Challenges facing non-traditional students
• (Lynch Bishop-Clark,1998)
• (Bowl, 2001)
• Comparison of non-traditional and traditional
  students
• Academic motivation
• (Donohue Wong, 2000)
• (Justice Dornan, 2001)
• Advising Style
• Compare students preferences
• (Winston Sandor, 1984)
• (Herndon, Kaiser, Creamer, 1996)
• Intrusive Advising
• (Garing, 1992)
• (Jeschke, Johnson, Williams, 2001)

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Table 1Descriptive Statistics for the Entering
Student Survey Sub-Scales
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Table 2Linear Regression Equation Predicting
Cumulative GPA
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Table 3Correlations among Subscales
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Table 4GPA and Retention of Students At-risk and
Students Not Identified as At-risk
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Implications from Research and Practice

• Future research is needed.
• Future inquiry could follow a quasi-experimental
  design, similar to the Jeschke, et al. (2001)
  study with psychology majors.
• Study suggests additional resources are needed
  for professional development for academic
  advising and student support services.
• Retention initiative was based on a collaborative
  model with faculty, staff from institutional
  research, and a researcher working together.