The purpose of this descriptive and correlational study was to examine
factors to determine if a faculty-centered student advisement program, which
was implemented at a rural community college, affects student retention in a
positive manner. The Community College Survey of Student Engagement
(CCSSE) was incorporated, and data collected by this group provided the basis
for the study. The study was a comparative study of quantitative parameters
looking at five benchmarks. The five benchmarks included active/collaborative
learning, student effort, academic challenge, student faculty interaction, and
support for learners based on teaching, learning and retention in community
colleges with regards to personal characteristics of age, gender, ethnicity, and
enrollment status. Analysis of variance provided information between the
benchmarks and personal characteristics and the quality of advising, and
correlations were run using the various benchmarks and personal characteristics
in order to determine any connections between the benchmarks themselves and
quality of advising. In addition, the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), created by this rural community college, was analyzed from 2004 to 2006 to determine
any inferred connection with the benchmarks and the quality of advising
because of the implementation of the QEP. Findings show that, even though the
survey CCSSE instrument used to determine student engagement and its
function in student retention may not provide the most accurate results in
general for Navarro College, the implementation of the faculty-centered student
advisement program has coincided with an increase in graduation rates, an
increase in fall to first fall persistence, and an increase in GPAs as evident at
Navarro College.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1226 |
| Date | 15 May 2009 |
| Creators | Kantor, Anna Schuster |
| Contributors | Davis, Chad S., Lindner, James R. |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Book, Thesis, Electronic Dissertation, text |
| Format | electronic, application/pdf, born digital |
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