1. Graduate Student Advising: Strategies for Degree Progression 2015 NACADA ANNUAL CONFERENCE HELEN MULHERN HALASZ, PH.D. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA JENNIFER L. BLOOM, ED.D. FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY REBECCA L. HAPES, M.S. TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY

2. Program Overview Enrollment trends Three issues for grad degree progression Professional socialization Degree progression, and Work/life balance Discuss programs & strategies at our 3 institutions What’s working for your students

4. Council of Graduate Schools www.CGS.org Ask your Graduate School if you can be granted access- free publications! Graduate Enrollment and Degrees: 2003 to 2013 Ph.D. Completion and Attrition: Policies and Practices to Promote Student Success Doctoral Initiative on Minority Attrition and Completion

5. Previous Research Has explored student perceptions about graduate advisors Characteristics of outstanding graduate advisors (Bloom, Cuevas, Hall, and Evans, 2007) Graduate advisor behavior influences student satisfaction (Zhao, Golde, and McCormick, 2007) A gap exists in the literature about factors influencing degree completion

6. 3 Advising Issues re: Graduate Degree Progression Professional Socialization Degree Progression Work/Life Balance

7. Professional Socialization Is a developmental, two-way process (Tierney & Bensimon, 1996) “through which individuals gain the knowledge, skills, and values necessary for successful entry into a professional career” (Weidman, Twale, & Stein, 2001, p. iii).

8. Degree Progression Quite simply, degree progression is forward movement towards graduation!

9. Work/Life Balance “a perceived balance between work and the rest of life'‘ (Guest, 2002).

10. Other Strategies to Facilitate Success

11. Questions & Comments Feel free to contact us: Helen Mulhern Halasz College of Nursing, University of South Carolina Email: halasz@mailbox.sc.eduhalasz@mailbox.sc.edu Jenny Bloom Department of Educational Leadership & Research Methodology Florida Atlantic University Email: bloomj@fau.edubloomj@fau.edu Rebecca Hapes Department of Entomology Texas A & M University Email: rhapes@tamu.edurhapes@tamu.edu