Date of Award
Spring 2025
Degree Type
Capstone - Open Access
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.
Recommended Citation
Holk, Layna, "Effectively Advising Students Transitioning Majors" (2025). Higher Education Student Work. 35.
https://scholarworks.merrimack.edu/soe_studentpub/35