Advising and Progress in the Community College STEM Transfer Pathway

National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) - Tập 33 Số 2 - Trang 65-76 - 2013
Becky Wai‐Ling Packard1, Kimberly C. Jeffers1
1Mount Holyoke College,

Tóm tắt

Community college students enrolled in science and technology fields face many challenges as they pursue transfer pathways to earn a 4-year degree. Despite clear links to student persistence, advising interactions that facilitate or inhibit transfer progress are not clearly understood. In this study, 82 community college students pursuing science and technology transfer-based programs of study participated in phenomenological interviews. Students described how professors, major advisors, and transfer office staff supported their progress by providing accurate information or referring them to helpful resources; students learned answers to unasked questions and stayed on track to transfer. Interactions impeded progress when initial advisors, in particular, provided misinformation, leading to frustration and costly delays. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.

Từ khóa


Tài liệu tham khảo

American Association of Community Colleges. (2011). Fall 2011: Estimated headcount enrollment and Pell grant trends. Available from www.aacc.nche.edu/Publications/

Bahr, 2008, Cooling out in the community college: What is the effect of academic advising on students' chances of success?, Research in Higher Education, 49, 704, 10.1007/s11162-008-9100-0

Bailey, T., Jenkins, D., & Leinbach, T. (2005). Community college low-income and minority completion study: Descriptive statistics from the 1992 high school cohort. Retrieved from http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/publications/low-income-minority-completion-1992.html

Carnevale, A.P., Smith, N., & Strohl, J. (2010). Help wanted: Projections of jobs and education requirements through 2018. Retrieved http://cew.georgetown.edu/jobs2018/

Coleman, 1988, Social capital in the creation of human capital, American Journal of Sociology, 94, S95, 10.1086/228943

Crookston, 2009, A developmental view of academic advising as teaching, NACADA Journal, 29, 78, 10.12930/0271-9517-29.1.78

Crosby, 2007, Failure to warn: The effect of race on warnings of potential academic difficulty, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43, 663, 10.1016/j.jesp.2006.06.007

Dowd, 2008, Community colleges as gateways and gatekeepers: Moving beyond the access “saga” toward outcome equity, Harvard Education Review, 77, 407, 10.17763/haer.77.4.1233g31741157227

Ensher, 2001, Comparison of traditional, step-ahead, and peer mentoring on protégés' support, satisfaction, and perceptions of career success: A social exchange perspective, Journal of Business and Psychology, 15, 419, 10.1023/A:1007870600459

Hagedorn, 2010, Math and science success and nonsuccess: Journeys within the community college, Journal Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 16, 33, 10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.v16.i1.30

Hagedorn, 2006, Transfer between community colleges and four-year colleges: The all American game, Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 30, 223, 10.1080/10668920500322384

Hardy, 2010, Changing STEM associate's degree production in public associate's colleges from 1985 to 2005: Exploring institutional type, gender and field of study, Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 16, 7, 10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.v16.i1.20

Hughey, 2011, Strategies to enhance interpersonal relations in academic advising, NACADA Journal, 31, 22, 10.12930/0271-9517-31.2.22

Labov, 2012, Changing and evolving relationships between two- and four-year colleges and universities: They're not your parents' community colleges anymore, CBE—Life Sciences Education, 11, 121, 10.1187/cbe.12-03-0031

Lincoln, Y. S., & Guba, E. G. (1985). Naturalistic inquiry. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

McArthur, 2005, Faculty-based advising: An important factor in community college retention, Community College Review, 32, 1, 10.1177/009155210503200402

Morrow, 2005, Quality and trustworthiness in qualitative research in counseling psychology, Journal of Counseling Psychology, 52, 250, 10.1037/0022-0167.52.2.250

Moustakas, C. (1994). Phenomenological research methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage

National Science Foundation. (2006). Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities. Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation.

Ornelas, 2004, Transfer conditions of Latina/o community college students: A single institution case study, Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 28, 233, 10.1080/10668920490256417

Packard, 2011, Women's experiences in the STEM community college transfer pathway, Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 17, 129, 10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.2011002470

Packard, 2012, Navigating community college transfer in science, technical, engineering, and mathematics fields, Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 36, 1, 10.1080/10668926.2010.495570

Packard, 2013, Advising in the classroom: How community college STEM faculty support transfer-bound students, Journal of College Science Teaching, 42, 54

Ryan, 2000, Data management and analysis methods, Handbook of qualitative research (2nd ed, 769

Smith, 2007, Using data to inform decisions: Intrusive faculty advising at a community college, Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 31, 813, 10.1080/10668920701375918

Stanton-Salazar, 1997, A social capital framework for understanding the socialization of racial minority children and youths, Harvard Educational Review, 67, 1, 10.17763/haer.67.1.140676g74018u73k

Starobin, 2010, From community college to PhD: Educational pathways in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 16, 67, 10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.v16.i1.50

Tatum, 2006, Faculty background, involvement, and knowledge of student transfer at an urban community college, Community College Journal of Research & Practice, 30, 195, 10.1080/10668920500322400

Thông tin
Thông tin xuất bản

National Academic Advising Association (NACADA)

Tập 33 Số 2

65-76

Thông tin tác giả