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Instructor/Advisor

Dr. Susan Marine

Keywords

Major Changes, Faculty Advisors

Abstract

Students often feel unprepared for the academic demands of their chosen majors and can experience a lack of sufficient support from advisory practices, in turn feeling overwhelmed in their academic journey (Cody, 2024). Guided by extrinsic and intrinsic motivations alongside their personal orientations, major changes can affect a student’s retention to a school or the higher education institution as a whole (Soria & Stebleton, 2013; Gillis & Ryberg, 2021). To address this challenge, I developed a training program for faculty advisors in Effectively Advising Students Transitioning (EAST) majors. In doing so, I will train faculty to appropriately navigate and effectively support student major transitions as a collaborative unit through a student mentorship program and a toolkit of advising pathways.

Effectively Advising Students Transitioning (EAST) Majors

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