BACCALAUREATE NURSING STUDENT AND FACULTY PERCEPTIONS OF FACULTY ACADEMIC ADVISING.
Contributors: University of Pittsburgh.
Published: 1985
Number of pages: 167
Subjects: Education, Higher.
Description: This study attempted to assess the effectiveness of the faculty advising system by investigating faculty and student perceptions of their academic advising in two baccalaureate nursing programs.

Three hundred thirty nursing students and 35 faculty from the two baccalaureate programs completed the College Advisement Survey (CAS) developed by A. Peterson in 1969. The CAS measured faculty and students perceptions on 12 subscales categorized into (1) Functions of Advising, (2) Style of Advisor and (3) Outcomes of Advising. Students indicated how they perceived the advising they had recevied. Faculty advisors completed the survey as they thought their advisees would respond.

Three of the five research hypotheses focused on differences in the perceptions (1) between the two nursing programs, (2) between faculty and students, and (3) in interactions between advisors and advisees. The fourth hypothesis proved the relationship between the subscales of Functions and Style to Outcomes. Differences in this relationship between faculty and students was the focus of the fifth hypothesis.

Only small differences were found in the perceptions between the two nursing programs. Faculty and students differed significantly in their perceptions of academic advising. Both advisors and advisees agreed that Personal and Rapport subscales were the most important for effective advising. Functions and Style subscales were found to have a high predictive value to the Outcomes for both faculty and students. Suggestions were offered for improvement of academic advising in nursing educational settings.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-06, Section: A, page: 1539.

Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, 1985.

School code: 0178.