Running head: JOINER STATE UNIVERSITY 1

Adam C. Joiner
Joiner State University
CSP 6123-TC1
July 2, 2017
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Element
Name of Institution
Type of Institution
Location
Students - Number and Demographics
Accreditation
Selected Functional Area
2
Profile
Joiner State University
Joiner State University is a 4-year private not-
for- profit institution. The Carnegie
classification is Doctoral Universities: Highest
Research Activity.
Joiner State University is in Durham, North
Carolina. The area is very rural and suburban.
Perfect location to raise a family and has a lot
of mom and pop stores.
There are approximately 14, 832 students total.
6, 449 undergraduates, 8, 383 graduate
students attend the university. There are 70
percent full-time students and 30 percent part-
time students. Most of the students who attend
Joiner State are on campus student’s due to the
30 residence halls we have on campus. We
have a wide range of ethnicities who attend.
It’s about 30% African American, 30%
Caucasian, 20% latin/o, 10% pacific islander
and 10% international students. The average
age to attend the university is between 18-30.
Joiner State University is accredited by the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Commission on Colleges (SACS) to award
baccalaureate, masters, doctorate, and
professional degrees.
The functional area I will focus on is
Academic Advising Programs.
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Element
Institutional Name and Mission
Student Affairs Division Mission
Departmental Name and Mission
Linkage
3
Mission
Joiner State University
Joiner State University mission is to provide a
superior liberal education to undergraduate
students, attending not only to their intellectual
growth but also to their development as adults
committed to high ethical standards and full
participation as leaders in their communities. To
prepare future members of learned professions
for lives of skilled and ethical service by
providing excellent graduate and professional
education.
The mission of Joiner State University Student
Affairs is to inspire students to make meaning in
their lives through community engagement,
experiential learning and reflection.
Department of Academic Advising
Directors of academic engagement in the
Academic Advising department are committed
to advancing the development of undergraduate
students’ global awareness of citizenship, and
engagement with the humanities and sciences
through one-on-one advising.
They are all linked by the mission of betterment
of the student. The statements want the students
at Joiner State University to be outstanding
citizens once they leave the university. To use
their education not only for themselves, but the
world around them.
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Element Response

Student Affairs Functional Area Academic Advising Programs

Departmental Mission Directors of academic engagement in the

Academic Advising department are committed to
advancing the development of undergraduate
students’ global awareness of citizenship, and
engagement with the humanities and sciences
through private one-on-one advising.

Goal Students will understand how their behavior

reacts to their success as a student.

Developmental Outcome 1 Students will be able to acquire time management

skills
 Measurable
 Meaningful
 Manageable

Outcome 1 Criteria for Success For the academic year of 2015-2016, there will be
a 15% gain in time management skills for
students that have had one on one advising with
their academic advisor.

Mapping Students will achieve this skill by attending 1:1

advising sessions with their advisor, by having
conversations on time management. They will
also attend time management presentations host
by the academic advising office.

Developmental Outcome 2 Students will be able to create a degree plan.

 Measurable
 Meaningful
 Manageable
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Outcome 2 Criteria for Success Following a series of academic advising sessions

in the Fall of 2017, 75% of students, who actively
participate in the advising sessions, will develop
an effective degree plan.

Mapping Students will achieve this by attending workshops

put on by the academic advising office. They will
also achieve this by attending private one on one
advising sessions with their advisor.
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Measure Qualitative Measure Quantitative Measure

Learning Outcome: Academic Advising Academic Advising

Programs Programs
Students will be able to Students will be able to
acquire time acquire time
management skills. management skills.

Study Participants: College freshman will College freshman will

be studied and selected be systematically
by random sampling. sampled by hours
Since it is at random taken towards their
only a handful of desired degree. The
college freshman will sample will be
be evaluated. systematic to narrow
potential use of
stakeholders.

Evidence/Data Collection: Data will be collected The students selected

by interviewing college will be given a survey
freshman entering their after they attend a
freshman Spring time management
semester of college. workshop hosted by
the academic advising
department.

Evidence/Data Analysis: Evidence will be Following a series of

analyzed by their workshops in the Fall of
career advisors by 2017, 50% of students,
describing their one- who participate in the
on-one advising workshops will acquire
sessions toward the time management
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end of the Fall skills. Data will be

semester. A follow up calculated by the
interview will be amount of survey
conducted once the responses their advisor
student returns for gets.
their Spring semester.
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References

Carnegie Classification of Institutions in Higher Education. (2016, June 8). Retrieved June 11.

from http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.

Duke University. (2016, April 5). Retrieved June 11, 2017

https://www.duke.edu/

Duke Board of Trustees. (2001, February 23). Retrieved June 18, 2017, from

https://trustees.duke.edu/governing-documents/mission-statement

Office of the Vice President. (2001, February 24). Retrieved June 18, 2017, from

https://studentaffairs.duke.edu/ovp/about-us/mission