Implementing the Academic Pathways at Northeast Community College: A Case Study

Autor/in	Oyamo Twombly, Winny A.
Titel	Implementing the Academic Pathways at Northeast Community College: A Case Study
Quelle	(2018), (295 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ed.D. Dissertation, Northeastern University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-4388-7488-6
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Community Colleges; Statewide Planning; College Freshmen; Majors (Students); Required Courses; Public Colleges; Course Selection (Students); Intellectual Disciplines; Career Development; Academic Advising; Faculty Advisers; Self Efficacy; Program Implementation; Student Interests; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Community college; Community College; Planwirtschaft; Studienanfänger; Pflichtkurs; Course selection; Student; Students; Kurswahl; Geisteswissenschaften; Berufsentwicklung; Akademischer Rat; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Studieninteresse; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	As part of its ongoing effort to fulfill the expectations of Massachusetts' Vision Project Agenda for its public colleges and universities, Northeast Community College collaborated with the non-profit organization, Complete College America, to develop the Academic Pathways. The Academic Pathways [or APs] are a pre-determined block of first semester courses that undecided freshmen are required to register for. NCC developed seven APs to reflect the seven broad academic areas of interest that the institution's majors fell into. Within each of the seven APs is a career development course designed to guide students through the process of identifying a major before the end of the first semester. NCC's academic advisors had the responsibility of informing undecided freshmen of the APs and helping them select one that closely mirrored their future area of interest. Therefore, the goal of this study was to evaluate how academic advisors developed the self-efficacy needed to implement the APs. Using Albert Bandura's self-efficacy theory as the theoretical lens through which to evaluate the study's findings, this qualitative research utilized a case study approach to learn how NCC's advisors implemented the APs. This entailed interviewing seven professional academic advisors and a review of selected institutional documents. The findings stayed true to Bandura's self-efficacy theory; that is, that advisors' previous performance accomplishments, followed by verbal persuasion were their main sources of self-efficacy for the APs' implementation. The study also found and recommended that, to further build advisors' self-efficacy, developing a clearly structured wrap-around AP program, with a trained and prepared AP team, who could speak knowledgeably about the content of the semester in the AP, would further build advisors self-efficacy for future implementation efforts. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01