Exploring academic advising problems in the College of Applied Sciences-Rustaq

Joint Authors

al-Aufi, Mawzah Hamid
al-Bahri, Amirah Nasir

Source

الندوة الإقليمية : تطوير الإرشاد الأكاديمي في الجامعات العربية و المؤسسات التعليمية، الجامعة العربية المفتوحة-فرع سلطنة عمان 22-23 أبريل 2014.

Publisher

Arab Open University

Publication Date

2014-04-30

Country of Publication

Kuwait

No. of Pages

24

Main Subjects

Social Sciences (Multidisciplinary)
Educational Sciences

English Abstract

This paper aims to explore the problems that face the "Academic Advisors" and "students" at the College of Applied Sciences-Rustaq from the academic advising perspective.

It discusses also the ways of activating the role of academic advisors among the college community.

The study highlights the College of Applied Sciences Rustaq experience in managing the cases of "on-probation students".

Questionnaire was adopted as the main method of data collection in this study.

Two questionnaires were developed and administered to (50) students and (30) academic staff in Rustaq College of Applied Science.

The target population was chosen using the stratified sampling technique.

Analysis of quantitative data reveals that the majority of the students do not follow the study plan tailored to meet their needs.

Additionally, the majority of the surveyed students lack motivation to use adaptive help-seeking strategy.

This study finds also that on-probation students ignore to repeat courses which they got low grade at.

"Lack of communication" was seen as the dominant problem that faces the academic advisors.

This study recommends adding a feature on SIS (Student Information System) to restrict the students' random choices when registering.

It also recommends the academic advisors to enhance and diverse the communication channels with students.

Data Type

Conference Papers

Record ID

BIM-765204

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