The Impact of Students' Perceptions of Academic Advisors at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to provide a history of academic advising and Historically Black Colleges and Universities related to race and gender as it relates to students' perceptions and the impact of different types of advising. The chapter will accomplish these goals by comparing gender-based issues and compare the perceptions of undergraduate students assigned to female academic advisors with undergraduate students assigned to male academic advisors at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) located in a Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The study will also compare advising styles and issues in regard to both the social and academic connections using Tinto's interactionist framework.