The problem for consideration in this study was an investigation of the effects of two methods of preregistration advisement of junior college freshmen. Specifically, the following questions were posed. What would be the effects on college students of an individual preregistration advisement interview with a member of the professional counseling staff as compared to a group advisement session? Would the advisement interview for students produce differences in (1) the types of majors selected, (2) probabilities of success in declared educational objectives, (3) perceptions of the environment, (4) changes of major, (5) course changes, (6) failures to complete registration, (7) withdrawals during the first eight weeks of classes, and (8) number of course deficiencies reported at mid-semester? An auxiliary consideration was the following. What would be the effects of providing information about technical-occupational programs in the form of brochures?

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among the perceptions of international doctoral students enrolled in rehabilitation counseling regarding the quality of academic advising and its relationship with satisfaction and productivity. The sample for the study consisted of seven volunteer international doctoral students from four universities who are currently enrolled in rehabilitation counseling doctoral programs in the United States. Overall results from this qualitative study showed five themes: academic expectation, academic program satisfaction, cultural background, academic advising and factors than enhance the advisor relationship. The academic expectation reflects the importance of program ranking, completion of doctoral degree and research skills development. The academic program satisfaction theme reflects the vital role of receiving positive feedback from faculty members, the development of research skills, and coursework - plan of study related to the expectations of the international doctoral student. The cultural background should be included as criteria in the design and development of coursework. Academic advising reflects the significance of advisor availability consistent with course selection. The factors that enhance the advisory relationship reflect the areas of interest and future career plans, the program satisfaction, the cultural background, scholarly productivity and the quality advisory relationship. Keywords: international students, rehabilitation counseling education programs, academic advisement, satisfaction, productivity

abstract: There has been an ever-increasing demand in the United States to produce educated science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professionals. Because more women and minority students have begun their higher educational preparation at community colleges, these institutions have been uniquely positioned to support these students and increase the number of STEM graduates. Nevertheless, to attain this commendable goal, community college staff and faculty members will need to redouble their efforts to provide active and sustained programs and interventions to support and assure student persistence in STEM fields. To address the problem of practice, the researcher engaged in a variety of validating practices to influence women and minority students’ intent to persist in a STEM degree. Thirteen, first-year women and minority students participated in the study. Validation theory (Rendón, 1994) provided a framework to inform the intervention and forms of validation. The validating practices included two advising visits and intentional email communications to students in their first semester at community college. A mixed methods approach was employed to examine two objectives: (a) the types of validation students experienced in their first semester and (b) the influence of validating advising practices on intention to persist in STEM. The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB; Ajzen, n.d.) guided study efforts in relation to the second objective. Data gathered included survey data, interviews, email communications, and researcher journal entries. Results suggested students experienced academic and interpersonal validation by in-class and out-of-class validating agents. Although not all experiences were validating, students were validated to a greater extent by their academic advisor. Because of validating advising practices, students in this study developed confidence in their ability to be capable college students. Students also felt motivated and expressed intentions to persist toward a STEM degree. The discussion focuses on explaining outcomes of the four research questions by connecting to the extant literature. In addition, limitations of the study are presented. Finally, implications for practice, implications for future research, and lessons learned are also shared. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Leadership and Innovation 2020

The subjects were 69 graduate faculty advisors, 187 foreign graduate students, and 184 American graduate students who were enrolled at North Texas State University in the Spring Semester, 1984. Statistical techniques used for data analysis include frequency distributions, percentages, means, and Mann-Whitney U test. Significant differences were determined by the two-tailed test of significance at or beyond the .05 level.

A presente dissertação de mestrado constitui um inventário da produção institucional das Assessorias Técnicas paulistas em quatro importantes programas de habitação com autogestão da política habitacional brasileira. Apresentamos a trajetória e um panorama dessa produção desde o final da década de 80, até os dias atuais, na região metropolitana de São Paulo. A reunião do material parte do reconhecimento dessa atuação enquanto prática de defesa do direito à arquitetura na produção de habitação social. Ao compilarmos os projetos e experiências, possibilitamos a visualização dos caminhos percorridos e a reflexão sobre seus limites e possibilidades. / This dissertation consists of an inventory of the Technical Advisors institutional production from the state of São Paulo, divided into four important self-managed housing programs in Brazilian housing politics. We present the trajectory and an outlook of this production since the end of the 1980\'s, until present day, in the metropolitan area of the city of São Paulo. The gathering of the material comes from the acknowledgement of this performance as a practice in defense of the right to architecture in social housing production. In compiling the projects and experiences, we enable the visualization of traveled paths and the reflection upon their limits and possibilities.

abstract: This study examined the processes of academic advisement in a school-centric university environment utilizing the O'Banion Model of Academic Advising (1972) as a baseline for theoretical comparison. The primary research question sought to explore if the O'Banion Model of Academic Advising, a dominant theory of advisement processes, was still representative of and present in contemporary advisement. A qualitative case study methodology was utilized to explore the lived experiences of professional staff academic advisors in the academic advisement process. Eleven professional staff advisors were interviewed for up to 90 minutes each about their lived experience in providing academic advisement services. A structured series of questions were asked about the academic advisors' experiences with the process and their daily advisement activities. The participants were asked how the vision, mission, philosophies, and structures of the institution impacted their role and responsibilities in the advisement process. Mixed results were found over the presence of the O'Banion Model in contemporary advisement. The results revealed significant additional workloads, unique structures, and complex roles as a result of the institution's school-centric philosophy. Role ambiguity and confusion over responsibility for the advisement process were found. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ed.D. Higher and Postsecondary Education 2014

The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore Tennessee high school counselors’ and dual enrollment advisors’ perceptions of student readiness for dual enrollment within the context of school, institutional, state, and federal policies as aligned with adolescent development theories in order to inform both policy and practice. Twelve purposely sampled participants from three school districts within the First Tennessee Core Region responded to questions via a recorded phone interview. Participants reflected on the readiness of their students for dual enrollment in the academic, social, and emotional domains. Additionally, participants identified strengths and weaknesses of dual enrollment programs and the Ready Graduateinitiative in Tennessee through the lenses of their school, post-secondary institutions, and their students and shared ideas for the improvement of programs and increasing student readiness.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:24:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Debora Sanches.pdf: 15674439 bytes, checksum: a28b0eacf37aea0c2434bdc7ad3f5a97 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-02-25 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This research seeks to understand the importance of the participative process in the production of social housing in the central area of São Paulo, Brazil, promoted by the government and its contribution to the achievement of proper housing. On doing so, it approaches proper housing projects concepts, participative processes and technical advisor for social housing projects. This work defends the idea that housing projects designed in Sao Paulo s central areas implemented between 1990 and 2012, those that incorporated a participative process in a three party way- being public sector, technical advisement and housing tenants- in various phases, from its conception to post occupation, contributed to a better appropriation of the living places. Consequently, it also contributed to conquer proper housing. The work is organized in six chapters, plus the introduction and conclusion: 1- The international debate and innovative experiences of participative design in a critical context of to the Modern Movement in the decades of 1960 and 1970. 2 - The Local Ambulatory Service (SAAL) in Portugal, implemented in 1974, as an important international reference for the Brazilian context. 3 - The community, the architects and proper housing in Brazil, with emphasis in the political context of urban reform in the beginning of the 1960s, and the backgrounds and experiences of technical advisors and participative projects. 4 - The housing politics in São Paulo in 1989, and the role of social movements specially to the Housing Production Program for self-help construction and self-management that took place in the administration of mayor Luiza Erundina (1989-1992) and its consequences. 5- An inventory of social housing projects of the central area of Sao Paulo from 1990 to 2012. At this stage, this work sought to apply an evaluation method to explain the social participation in the enterprises. 6- Case Studies: To study the subject with more depth, 4 projects were analyzed, being 2 performed in a participatory manner and 2 without the participation of future residents. In this study, interviews where made with the main actors with the purpose of proving the thesis. It is concluded that the projects that have social movements in conjunction with the technical advisors have better results regarding the appropriation of residents in various stages of the design process. Therefore, participative process is an important way to achieve proper housing. / Esta pesquisa busca compreender a importância do processo participativo na produção da habitação social na área central do município de São Paulo realizada pelo poder público e sua contribuição à conquista da moradia digna. Para tanto aborda conceitos de moradia digna, processo participativo e assessorias técnicas no contexto do projeto de habitação social. Defende-se que projetos habitacionais para a área central de São Paulo, implantados, entre os anos de 1990 e 2012, que incorporaram o processo participativo, de forma tripartite - poder público, assessoria técnica e moradores - em suas diferentes fases, desde a sua concepção ao pós morar, contribuíram para maior apropriação pelos moradores e consequente na conquista da moradia digna. O trabalho estrutura-se em seis capítulos, além da introdução e considerações finais: 1. O debate internacional e experiências inovadoras de Projeto participativo no contexto de crítica aos preceitos do Movimento Moderno nas décadas de 1960 e 1970. 2. O Serviço de Apoio Ambulatório Local (SAAL) em Portugal, implementado em 1974, como importante referência internacional para o contexto brasileiro. 3. A comunidade, o arquiteto e a moradia digna no Brasil, com destaque para o contexto político de Reforma Urbana, do início da década de 1960, e as origens e experiências de assessorias técnicas e projetos participativos. 4. A política habitacional de São Paulo a partir de 1989, e o papel dos movimentos sociais com destaque ao Programa de Produção de Habitação por Mutirão e Autogestão realizados na gestão da prefeita Luiza Erundina (1989-1992) e seus desdobramentos. 5. Inventário dos empreendimentos de habitação social da área central de São Paulo no período de 1990 a 2012. Nesta etapa buscou aplicar um método exploratório de avaliação da participação social nos empreendimentos. 6. Estudos de caso: para maior aprofundamento foram analisados 04 empreendimentos, sendo 02 realizados de forma participativa e 02 sem a participação dos futuros moradores, onde se efetivou entrevistas qualitativas com os principais atores, tendo a finalidade de comprovar a tese. Conclui-se que os projetos que tiveram os movimentos sociais em articulação com as assessorias técnicas apresentam melhores resultados quanto à apropriação dos moradores nas diversas fases do processo de projeto. O processo participativo é um importante caminho para a conquista da moradia digna.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-18T18:55:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ANNE GABRIELA.pdf: 364223 bytes, checksum: 5bba98e90ad4db60071168124c9ef1d1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-12-20 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This is a study on the practical of Social Assistant, in Programs of STD/HIV/AIDS in the city of São Luis/MA, having as reference an analysis of the epidemic of AIDS as problem of world-wide scope, the peculiarities of the epidemic in Brazil, and as well as the construction of the national policies and its unfoldings in the Maranhão, privately in São Luis. We detach the profile epidemiological of the illness in the country, its demands in relation to the contamination and the insertion of the Social Service. Contextalive and configures the practical professional in the universe of the Units of Health of the city, that directly act with Program DST/HIV/AIDS giving emphasis to the daily action of the professional, having as intervention support, the technique of the advisement, instrumental operating essential for the development of the prevention actions, diagnosis and treatment in the Program in all country. / Trata-se de um estudo sobre a prática do Assistente Social, nos Programas de DST/HIV/AIDS no município de São Luís, tendo como referência uma análise da epidemia da AIDS como problema de âmbito mundial, as particularidades da epidemia no Brasil, bem como a construção da política nacional e seus desdobramentos no Maranhão, particularmente em São Luís. Destacamos o perfil epidemiológico da doença no país, suas demandas atuais em relação à contaminação e a inserção do Serviço Social. Contextualiza e configura a prática profissional no universo das unidades de Saúde do município, que atuam diretamente com o Programa DST/HIV/AIDS dando ênfase à ação diária do profissional, tendo como base de intervenção, a técnica do aconselhamento, instrumental operativo, primordial para o desenvolvimento das ações de prevenção, diagnóstico e tratamento no programa em todo o país.

The aim of the thesis is to do an analyze of services provided by the selected citizen advice and evaluation of the most common problems that clients turned up for help. In the introduction I define the basic theoretical and methodological basis of work. Subsequently, historical aspects will be generalized, which stood at the birth of a new citizen service. In another part I describe the term of counseling, focusing on the typology and principles. I specify the target group and the methodology of work with a client advisor. In conclusion, the theory will focus on the way to guarantee the quality of consulting services in relation to the standards of social services. In the practical part I bring near the role of management consulting citizen selected, the process of obtaining funding sources and ways of organizing work. Then I compare the differences in accounting and reporting against business entities. Further specifications will be made counseling process, with particular emphasis on the expertise of advisors. I do an analyze of services in terms of counseling and also I evaluate the social role of the state. The research part will seek both to confirm or refute the hypotheses set, while a suitable method of analyzing business advisors in dealing with clients in the selected clinic and evaluate the role of preventive counseling in the social phenomena studied. The outcome will be recommendations on how to improve business counseling and counselors themselves.