How Academic Advisers Can Use Facebook to Apply Appreciative Advising

Authors

  • James Pou

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26209/mj1261416

Keywords:

advising, academic advising, adviser, advisor, Facebook, Appreciative Advising

Abstract

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Author Biography

James Pou

James Wesley Pou is a graduate student in the University of South Carolina's Higher Education and Student Affairs program. He is also a library specialist for the university's Thomas Cooper Library. He can be reached at pouj@mailbox.sc.edu.

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Vol. 12 (2010): The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal

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