Miller, M. A. (2013). The Role of the Graduate-Level Academic Advisor for Military and Student Veterans: An Ethnogra... - 0 views

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  #1 wimichaeljsmith on 15 May 14

   

  Miller's dissertation is an adapted organizational microethnographic study of the roles of graduate-level academic advisors for military and veteran students. Miller set out to gather first-person role perceptions from academic advisors through individual and focus group interviews. The introduction contains part of Miller's rationale for completing this research, less than half of reporting institutions on a national survey offer any type of academic advising nor plans for developing academic advising for student veterans. This study addresses the complexities of the perceived roles and responsibilities of being an academic advisor for veteran/military students from a social constructivism standpoint. For my purposes, Miller's study is valuable for expressing the unique needs of student veterans, the current lack of structured support nationwide, as well as the potential costs for developing a structured approach at every institution. The field of academic advising is already wrestling with how to provide their services through other mediums (chat, email, video, etc). The specialized field of academic advising for student veterans should also think about developing comprehensive academic advising systems that take advantage of technology.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Miller's dissertation is an adapted organizational microethnographic study of the roles of graduate-level academic advisors for military and veteran students. Miller set out to gather first-person role perceptions from academic advisors through individual and focus group interviews. The introduction contains part of Miller's rationale for completing this research, less than half of reporting institutions on a national survey offer any type of academic advising nor plans for developing academic advising for student veterans. This study addresses the complexities of the perceived roles and responsibilities of being an academic advisor for veteran/military students from a social constructivism standpoint. For my purposes, Miller's study is valuable for expressing the unique needs of student veterans, the current lack of structured support nationwide, as well as the potential costs for developing a structured approach at every institution. The field of academic advising is already wrestling with how to provide their services through other mediums (chat, email, video, etc). The specialized field of academic advising for student veterans should also think about developing comprehensive academic advising systems that take advantage of technology.</div>

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