Academic Advising Satisfaction and Student Performance: A Correlational Study in Higher Education

Abstract

Academic advising is an essential element of an educational system that can help students solve their academic issues and concerns as well as help them to succeed in their educational path. The objectives of the study were to determine the level of academic advising satisfaction and perceptions of university students about their academic performance, and to measure the difference in academic advising satisfaction and academic performance of students on the basis of gender, university, subjects, semester and CGPA. This was a quantitative study. The population of the study was undergraduate students enrolled in the various undergraduate programs in all the public and private universities of the Lahore. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select a sample of 480 students. Data was collected using two questionnaires, Academic Advising Inventory (AAI) latest modification 2013, and Academic Performance Scale (APS) (2015) to measure academic advising satisfaction and students’ academic performance. The findings of the study revealed that there was moderate positive relationship between academic advising satisfaction and students’ academic performance at university level in district Lahore. It is suggested that institutions have to reorganize their academic advising programs and to educate students properly about the value and accessibility of academic advising services through awareness initiatives.