Annotated
Bibliography
Building
Student-Faculty Relationships
by
Adam Duberstein,
Academic Advisor
Ohio
Dominican
University
Campbell,
T. A., & Campbell, D. E. (1997). Faculty/student mentor program:
Effects on academic performance and retention.
Research in Higher Education, 38, 727-742
These
researchers found that students who participated in a
program where they received regular faculty mentoring
had higher GPAs than students who did not receive faculty
mentoring.
Drake, J., Hemwall, &
Stockwell, K. (2009). A Faculty Guide to Academic
Advising (NACADA Pocket Guide Series PG08). Manhattan,
KS: NACADA.
This guide,
authored by and for faculty advisors, offers practical
suggestions that will help faculty advisors create productive
advising relationships. Included are proven strategies
for creating effective advising sessions, 12 practical
tips for good advising, and a discussion of advising and
confidentiality laws.
Duberstein,
A. (2007). A conversation guide. (personal communication,
October 9, 2007).
An
academic advisor developed this informal guide in order
to facilitate better faculty-student communication. This
document is written specifically for an audience of traditional-age
college students.
Kuh,
G. D., & Hu, S. (2001). The effects of student-faculty interaction
in the 1990s. The Review of Higher Education, 24, 309-332.
The
authors found that students who have frequent contact with faculty
to discuss academic matters fare better academically than those
students who do not interact with faculty. They also found that
contacts of a purely social nature between faculty and students
did not enhance student academic performance.
Morris,
L. V., & Finnegan, C. L. (2008). Best practices in predicting
and encouraging student persistence and achievement online. Journal
of College Student Retention, 10, 55-64.
This
meta-study of issues in the online learning environment found
that students whose online faculty members were easily accessible
were the most satisfied with their e-learning experience.
Nagda,
B. A., Gregerman, S. R., Jonides, J., von Hippel, W., & Lerner,
J. S. (1998). Undergraduate student-faculty research partnerships
affect student retention. The Review of Higher Education,
22, 55-72.
Through
a study they conducted, the authors demonstrate the importance
of building strong student-faculty research partnerships. Such
partnerships, argue the authors, aid campus retention efforts.
Parr,
M. G., & Valerius, L. (1999). Professors'
perceptions of student behaviors. College Student Journal,
33. Retrieved September
18, 2008 , from: http://direct.bl.uk/bld/PlaceOrder.do?UIN=070917841&ETOC=RN&from=searchengine
The
authors surveyed faculty members about the behaviors they liked
to see in students. Faculty reported that they found office visits
to be among the most favorable behaviors students could exhibit.
Shieber,
S. M. (2004). Meet me halfway. Retrieved September
18, 2008 from
http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~shieber/Info/meet-halfway.html
.
This
short opinion piece, written by a computer science professor,
explains how students can become empowered to interact with faculty
and why faculty members enjoy student interactions.
Wayne
State University
, Academic
Advising Center
(n.d.)., Tips for meeting with
your professor. Retrieved September
18, 2008 , from: http://www.advising.wayne.edu/tipsp.php
This
document breaks down key questions students should ask faculty
during specific points in the term. It encourages students to
meet with faculty early in order to clarify course procedures.
University
of North
Carolina at Chapel
Hill , The Writing
Center
(n. d.). Getting feedback. Retrieved September
18, 2008 , from: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/feedback.html
Produced
by professional writing center staff, this Web site includes information
that helps students understand feedback from professors. The Web
site also provides ideas for processing professors’ written feedback
so that a student can improve his or her writing.
Western
Oregon
University Academic Advising and Learning
Center
(n. d.) How to talk to your professor. Retrieved September
18, 2008 , from: http://www.wou.edu/provost/aalc/learning/documents/HowToTalkToYourProfessor.pdf
This
document, created by academic advisors, gives students pointed
ideas regarding beginning a conversation with their faculty.
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