graduate student advising: strategies for degree progression 2015 nacada annual conference helen...
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Graduate Student Advising: Strategies for Degree Progression
2015 NACADA ANNUAL CONFERENCE
HELEN MULHERN HALASZ, PH.D.
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
JENNIFER L . BLOOM, ED.D.
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY
REBECCA L . HAPES, M.S.
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY
Program Overview
• Enrollment trends • Three issues for grad degree progression• Professional socialization• Degree progression, and• Work/life balance
• Discuss programs & strategies at our 3 institutions
• What’s working for your students
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Trends in Graduate Appli-cations by Carnegie Classi-
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Average Annual % Change 2003-2013Average Annual % Change 2008-2013
(Allum, 2014)
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• Graduate Enrollment and Degrees: 2003 to 2013
• Ph.D. Completion and Attrition: Policies and Practices to Promote Student Success
• Doctoral Initiative on Minority Attrition and Completion
Previous Research
• Has explored student perceptions about graduate advisors• Characteristics of outstanding
graduate advisors (Bloom, Cuevas, Hall, and Evans, 2007)
• Graduate advisor behavior influences student satisfaction (Zhao, Golde, and McCormick, 2007)
• A gap exists in the literature about factors influencing degree completion
3 Advising Issues re: Graduate Degree Progression • Professional Socialization
• Degree Progression
• Work/Life Balance
Professional SocializationIs a developmental, two-way process (Tierney & Bensimon, 1996) “through which individuals gain the knowledge, skills, and values necessary for successful entry into a professional career” (Weidman, Twale, & Stein, 2001, p. iii).
Degree Progression
Quite simply, degree progression is forward movement towards graduation!
Work/Life Balance
“a perceived balance between workand the rest of life'‘ (Guest, 2002).
Other Strategies to Facilitate Success
Questions & CommentsFeel free to contact us:
Helen Mulhern HalaszCollege of Nursing, University of South CarolinaEmail: [email protected]
Jenny BloomDepartment of Educational Leadership & Research Methodology Florida Atlantic UniversityEmail: [email protected]
Rebecca HapesDepartment of EntomologyTexas A & M UniversityEmail: [email protected]