Academic Advising Portfolio - Division of Continuing Education ...

More documents

Recommendations

Info

8 Case Studies Adrienne Mahan, First‐Year Student Brandon Phuong, Sophomore Student
9 Case Study 1: Adrienne Mahan “Confidence is the hinge on the door to success.” ‐ Mary O’Hare Dumas It is around the middle of the fall semester and you are contacted by an introductory chemistry professor who is concerned about several first‐year students who have not been doing well on quizzes and exams. As is customary in your department, you call these students in to discuss their grades, their study habits, and their transition to college. One of the students, Adrienne Mahan, does not respond to your first outreach but responds to your second. In her e‐mail response she says she hadn’t realized you were trying to contact her. She makes an appointment with you for the following week. When Adrienne first comes in to see you, she seems to have very little to say and you must pull the information out of her. You learn that she is an 18‐year old student who comes from a very small town in a rural area of your state. This is her first semester away at college and her first time away from home. She describes her town as being very isolated and desolate, where the nearest stores and jobs are about a one‐way forty‐five minute drive from her home. When Adrienne speaks her voice is so soft you have trouble hearing her, and she appears nervous and extremely shy. You discover she is at risk of failing chemistry, but she is also doing poorly in calculus and biology. She tells you that her older brother is away at another college and doing well; since they were very close, she doesn’t understand why she’s not doing well. She also comments that her parents do not understand why she’s not doing
Page 1 and 2: Academic Advising Portfolio Juliann
Page 3 and 4: Julianne Messia 688 Pinewoods Avenu
Page 5 and 6: 5 Philosophy of Academic Advising S
Page 7: 7 awareness of the situation, advis
Page 11 and 12: 11 Fortunately, an academic advisor
Page 13 and 14: 13 something that happens to her. T
Page 15 and 16: 15 career maturity. She does not se
Page 17 and 18: 17 Finally, the advisor can assign
Page 19 and 20: 19 Newton, F. B., & Smith, J. H. (1
Page 21 and 22: 21 Response to Case Study 2 Brandon
Page 23 and 24: 23 reaction be open to understandin
Page 25 and 26: 25 important to use with Brandon be
Page 27 and 28: 27 also not addressed the possibili
Page 29: 29 Finch, L. M. (2009). Understandi

Academic Advising Portfolio - Division of Continuing Education ...

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?