The primary purpose of this study was to determine the difference in academic advisement effectiveness between the faculty system of academic advisement and the athletic system of academic advisement at The Florida State University. A secondary purpose was to determine the variables which contributed to the observed differences between the two systems of advisement. Effectiveness was measured by student satisfaction, grade point average, and number of credit hours attempted and completed. / Participants were (a) all freshman and sophomore athlete advisees (157) in the system of athletic academic advisement and (b) a stratified and randomly selected group of 157 freshman and sophomore non-athlete advisees under the system of faculty academic advisement. / Data were collected by means of the Academic Advising Survey developed for this study. Each instrument was divided into three sections: (a) need importance, need fulfillment, and need satisfaction; (b) advisee experience; and (c) advisee demographic information. Fifty-five percent of the respondents were athletes; 45% were non-athletes. / Athletes perceived a significantly higher level of satisfaction (.05 level) with basic need fulfillment than did non-athletes, and perceived a higher level of need importance for the advising function concerned with the explanation of university regulations. / Non-athletes achieved significantly higher grade point averages and attempted and completed more credit hours than did the athletes. The student demographic variable, SAT score, was significantly correlated (.05 level) with grade point averages for both athletes and non-athletes. ACT scores were significantly correlated with the number of credit hours attempted and completed by athletes. Black racial origin was the only student demographic variable which had a negative correlation. The negative effect was limited to non-athlete grade point average. Athletes' responses indicated that advisor assistance with the transition from high school to the university had a significant effect on grade point average, and that level of satisfaction was significantly related to frequency of advisor/advisee meetings. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-09, Section: A, page: 2780. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1984.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75403 |
| Contributors | YEAGER, SHARON KAYE., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 230 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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