Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have granted educational opportunities to students with a diverse aptitude of scholastic success. As a result, many of these students require additional academic support and assistance. Through the process of academic advising, specifically prescriptive advising, many students receive guidance and solutions to their immediate concerns. As it pertains to career and life goals, the Developmental Advising approach is designed to assist students in selecting the ideal major and courses based on their respective interest. However, for the lower achieving students, research indicates that prescriptive and developmental advising is not as effective as intrusive advising and does not meet the needs of these students. Intrusive advising, an academic advising strategy designed to build relationships with students in an effort to anticipate their needs, was developed in the 1970's and improved upon thereafter to offer additional support to students. This dissertation is a formative evaluation of intrusive advising on low achieving students at an HBCU in the south of the United States. Interviews were conducted with a sample of students who participated in the pilot program and the change in GPA data was collected. The results of this study provide insight into the impact intrusive advising can have on students' academics and attitude towards education. Many participants in the study were able to improve their GPA and overall disposition towards their education. The analysis of intrusive advising on low achieving students highlights the importance of the interrelationship between advisor and advisee. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Education. / Spring Semester, 2015. / April 9, 2015. / Advising, African American Students, Intrusive Advising, Retention / Includes bibliographical references. / Carolyn Herrington, Professor Directing Dissertation; Lance DeHaven-Smith, University Representative; Bradley Cox, Committee Member; Ayesha Khurshid, Committee Member; Stacey Rutledge, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_252944 |
| Contributors | Davis, Jamie (authoraut), Herrington, Carolyn D. (professor directing dissertation), deHaven-Smith, Lance (university representative), Cox, Bradley (committee member), Khurshid, Ayesha (committee member), Rutledge, Stacey A. (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Education (degree granting college), Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (degree granting department) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource (106 pages), computer, application/pdf |
| Rights | This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). The copyright in theses and dissertations completed at Florida State University is held by the students who author them. |
Page generated in 0.0055 seconds