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International Students' Expectations of and Satisfaction with Academic Advising at a Community College
| Title: | International Students' Expectations of and Satisfaction with Academic Advising at a Community College. |
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| Name(s): |
Chemishanova, Marieta, Author Owens, J. Thomas, Committee Chair Cintron Delgado, Rosa, Committee Member Hewitt, Randall, Committee Member Penfold Navarro, Catherine, Committee Member University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2018 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | This study sought to identify what expectations international students' had with regards to academic advising and how satisfied they were with their advising experience at a large community college in a southeastern state in the United States. Previous research on academic advising services (e.g. Belcheir, 1999; Hale, Graham, (&) Johnson, 2009; Mottarella, Fritzsche, (&) Cerabino, 2004; Propp (&) Rhodes, 2006; Lynch, 2004; Smith (&) Allen, 2006) had not distinguished between domestic and international students' expectations of and satisfaction with advising especially at the 2-year and community college levels and in organizational structures where the foreign student advisors serve as both the students' academic and immigration advisors. Such research is timely in the face of the highly competitive international education market and the increasing demands for U.S. institutional of higher education to meet students' consumer expectations with regards to educational services. Grounded in Expectation Disconfirmation Theory and employing a quantitative research design, this study investigated how factors such as age, gender, country of citizenship, class standing, and degree program impacted international students' expectations of and satisfaction with academic advising. Descriptive statistics, analyses of variances, and a partial least squares structural equation model (PLS-SEM) were used to answer the research questions. While the advising literature strongly advocates developmental advising, students in this study expressed a strong desire for elements of prescriptive advising. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0006986 (IID), ucf:51641 (fedora) | |
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2018-05-01 Ed.D. Education and Human Performance, Child, Family, and Community Sciences Doctoral This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): | Academic advising -- advising -- International students -- expectations -- satisfaction -- community college -- Expectation Disconfirmation Theory -- consumer approach -- customer satisfaction | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0006986 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public 2018-05-15 | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
