Developmental Versus Prescriptive Advising: Must It Be One or the Other?

Abstract

How well I remember the first time 1 came across Crookston's article. I was amazed by the way he approached a complicated and multi-faceted dyad and reduced it to simple, straight-forward constructs that could be studied, evalu-ated, a n d measured. As a result Crookston's model that contrasts prescriptive and develop-mental advising has inspired many, including me, to attempt to unravel the intricacies o f t h e advisor-advisee relationship (Fielstein, 1987,