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The Enrolment of the Graduate Students has been increasing throughout the Years. In the
Article “Student Anxiety: Effects of a New Graduate Student Orientation Program” Researchers,
including Poock (2002) and Taub and Komives (1998) have concluded that these Graduate
Students are struggling with Academic Performance and Persistence within their Programs.
However, the Authors, Megan Hullinger and Dr. R. Lance Hogan (2014) studied and examined
the Online Orientation Program about the Student Anxiety. This Article will show Significant
results about the Orientation Program. However, there are Limitations, regarding the Outcome of
According to some Researchers, Phillips, Daubman and Wilmoth (1986), Graduate Study
could indeed be Stressful on a Person, causing a decline in Academic Performance derived from
fear of Failure and extreme Anxiety. To Alleviate some concerns of Incoming Graduate
Students, Hullinger and Hogan (2014) used a sample of 32 Students for their further Study
Analyzation regarding the Anxiety Levels of Incoming Graduate Students using t-test after
taking of a Short demographic Questionnaire and Pre- and Post- test STAI Self Evaluation,
Hullinger and Hogan are able to found that these Participants experienced Reduction of their
As the Study begun, The Population consisted of Incoming Graduate Students from the
Midwest Regional State University. Of the 802 Students who received such Information, There
are only 32 students completed the said tests for an Online Graduate Orientation. The
Researchers discussed some important Topic in the Article and the Administrators continue to
Students as it gives them some important information, to know if which Programs has been more
Effective to reduce the Anxiety Levels, regardless if they are on Campus or not. However,
Hullinger and Hogan (2014) did not provide Key Information regarding the Orientation Program
the used in their Study. These complications about Lacking of details make it more difficult for
The outcome of Significant Results draw the Attentions of many, Furthermore, the results
of the Study has been noted, but there are Limitations to these Findings. First, the lack of
Students who participated to said program were very small. There were 802 Students who
invited to Participate but out of those numbers, there are only 32 who completed the Pre- and
Post- Anxiety Inventory. Of course, with such a small sample size, it is difficult to generalize
these Findings to the larger Graduate Student Population, with approximately rising of 1.3
Million Students according to the Digest of Educational Statistics (2013). In addition, all of the
Participants came from a State University in the Midwest. This factor also limits the whole Study
to generalize for the Findings of the larger Student Population. While Hullinger and Hogan
(2014) stated that the Research study should be duplicated in different Institutions, e.g. Public or
Private Schools with larger Population for it might yield another significant result comparing to a
This Article mainly focused on an Important matter within Higher Education, specifically
the Graduate Student’s Anxiety Problems. As Administrators need to find Solutions to improve
Retention and Student’s Persistence within their Programs and a come up of a Response
regarding the Problem itself. One of the barriers, Graduate Students facing is Anxiety but
Participating on such Graduate Orientation Programs has the value of increasing Student’s
Academic persistence and Retention in their Degree, So the Online Orientation that they’ve
designed might probably help to reduce the matters of increasing Anxiety levels within the
Graduate Students and might turn out to be one of the Applicable tool to solve the Problem.
Lastly, Hullinger and Hogan (2014) shared the outcome of Research Study and turns out
Resources. However the Study did not adequately designed and described properly so that Future
Researchers can duplicate this Program by other means. Furthermore, the small sample size and
the Lack of Unlikeness among the Students who participated, directly limits the Program itself to
have better Totality of these Findings. Future Research on Online Orientation Programs should
be participated on much more larger and diverse Population. In this way, the Study will have
more clear result than the usual and will provide Effective Creditability of the Impact of Online
Orientation Programs.
REFERENCES
Hullinger, M., & Hogan. R.L. (2014). Student Anxiety: Effects of a new Graduate Student
orientation Program. Administrative Issues Journal: Education, Practice and Research, 4(2), 27-
Personnel, 27(5), 280-1. Poock, M.C. (2002). Graduate student Orientation: Assessing need and
methods of delivery. Journal of College Student Development, 43(2), 231-45. Taub, D., &
http://www.myacpa.org/journal-college-student-development