As a Summer Institute
participant, you are given the opportunity to prepare and present
(in your discussion group) an ACTION PLAN for solving an
advising challenge on your campus. The scope of the action plan
is left up to you. The scope may be as narrow as devising a new
form or as broad as proposing a new model for delivery of advising
on your campus or recommending the use of new technology. You will
receive assistance with this project by attending relevant sessions,
group discussions, and group & individual consultations with
institute facilitators who have expertise in the area you have chosen.
Below are some topics and descriptions of Action Plans that
have been proposed and developed at previous Summer Institutes.
Title
of Action Plan |
Description |
Name
& Institution |
Institution
Type |
| Professional Development for Faculty Advisors |
The student success center will create a motivational advisor
developmental program for new & existing faculty members
by September 1, 2006, with the support of the Dean of Academic
Affairs, Dean of Students, & the Director of the SSC. This
developmental program will be structured to satisfy AUK's total
in-take advising model. The strategy will include the enhancement
of "Advising is teaching" & emphasis on developmental
advising. This goal will be assessed by different evaluation
formats. |
Bibi Al-Ghanim -- American University of Kuwait |
4-year Private |
| Summer Enrollment Survey |
Develop a qualitative student survey to be administered by
academic advisors in a variety of settings to determine how
best to increase summer term enrollment. |
John Nilsson -- University of Utah |
4-year Public |
| First Year Program for Pre-Business Students |
To create and implement First Year Program for Pre-Business
students in order to enhance and promote personal growth and
development. Establishment of a Pre-Business theme hall in Fall
2007 in the resident halls. |
Dorine Ramos -- University of California-Riverside |
4-year Public |
| Academic Advising Program (AAP) |
Our action plan is to develop an Academic Advising Program
(AAP) at Rowan University. AAP will include short- and long-term
goals to strengthen advising campus wide. Short-term goals will
identify a champion for advising, formalize and advising policy,
set up college liaisons, create a University Council for Academic
Advising, and begin an Advisor Development Program. Long-term
goals include the creation of a Center for Excellence in Academic
Advising and hiring a Director for the Center for Excellence
in Academic Advising. |
Joanne Damminger -- Rowan University |
4-year Public |
| Tracking Our Success |
My plan is to work collaboratively with advising administrators
at East Carolina University to expand and refine the assessment
of professional advising services at ECU. |
Ellen Deters -- East Carolina University |
4-year Public |
| Intrusive Advising Model |
Develop an intrusive advising model for "at risk"
students. |
Jean Miller -- Southeast Missouri State University |
4-year Public |
| Building Communities Among Advising Cohorts |
Develop a consensus about advising goals among undergraduates,
alumni & faculty. Develop group events to enhance faculty-student,
student-student, student, faculty-alumni interaction. |
Ellen Jacobson -- University of Wisconsin-Madison |
4-year Public |
| Implementation of Academic Advising Model |
At NWTC, we are moving form a generalist counseling model
to a program specific counselor/advisor model, in which we will
provide more insistent & pro-active advising to all assigned
students. |
John Grant -- Northeast Wisconsin Technical College |
2-year |
| Developing an Academic Advising Mission |
To develop an academic advising mission which parallels those
of the Institution, CCC district office, and Board of Trustees.
As part of the advising mission development, the department
will identify specific goals and objectives. Thereby, advisors
will be able to provide quality comprehensive advising that
best prepares each student for academic & life success.
Also the plan is intended to strengthen the institution's retention
plan. |
Elizabeth Vazquez -- CCC-Olive Harvey College |
2-year |
| Declared and Prepared for Current Students |
A process will be created to transition current students into
our new advising model. Students meeting the set criteria will
be able to register without seeing an advisor. |
Jessica Holland -- Tacoma Community College |
2-year |
| Prep Time/Appointment sessions |
Our advisement department would like to develop a system for
advisors which will provide them prep time twice a day. We would
also like the department to schedule appointment sessions for
students. |
Alfreda Poynter -- Gateway Community College |
2-year |
| Enhanced Advising Network Pilot: At Risk and Exploration Students |
The goal is to identify cohorts of students who represent
the most needy groups and to develop an enhanced advising network
to better serve these populations. |
Judith Hogan -- Middlesex Community College |
2-year |
| Integrating Faculty into Advising Process |
To integrate faculty into academic advising process after
students have selected a program of study by creation of faculty
advising committee (FAC). |
Thomas Fahy -- Gateway Community College |
2-year |
| Faculty Advising & Student Retention |
Although many factors contribute to student retention and
success, good faculty advising is key. We will design an advising
guide and a plan for faculty training and use. |
Sabra Mumford -- Western Technical College |
2-year |
| Advisor Development Days & Ask the Advisor Web site |
Create an advisor development program designed to take place
over a multiple session time frame. The initial focus will be
on conceptual information, and will also then focus on informational
and relational training. We will also create an "Ask the
Advisor" web site that advisors can use for questions throughout
the entire academic year. |
Jennifer Board & Sondra Sutherland -- Jefferson Community
College |
2-year |
| A Faculty-Student Guidebook for Academic Advising at Eureka
College |
We will work with Eureka College faculty to develop an advising
guidebook which contains a mission statement and tools to foster
effective, holistic advising sessions. |
Valerie Perry & Jonathan Rienstra-Kiracofe -- Eureka College |
4-year Private |
| Re-Create Mission Statement for Academic Advising Center |
Create a mission statement that reflects the changing culture
in the Academic Advising Center. We will establish goals and
objectives which will define the advisor/advisee relationship. |
Noelle McCurley -- California State University-Sacramento |
4-year Public |
| Development of an Academic Advisement Program |
The program will include short-term goals (a coordinator,
formalize and advisement policy, college liaisons and a university
council for advisement) and long-term goals (creation of a center
and hiring of a director). |
Pat Mosto -- Rowan University |
4-year Public |
| Revitalize, Refresh, and Refocus the Academic Advising Center |
Revitalize, refresh, and refocus the Academic Advising center
through the revision of our mission statement and the creation
of an advising syllabus and training handbook. |
Jennifer Druskin -- California State Univ-Sacramento |
4-year Public |
| Bridging the Gap and Traveling Away from Suspension |
Revision of how the college of liberal arts communicates with
first-year students who are placed on academic warning and academic
probation. |
Katherine Elias -- Oregon State University |
4-year Public |
| Towards a New Academic Advising Model for First Year Students |
Using the resources from NACADA's workshops and topical sessions
in SI as well as office reports (annual, institutional effectiveness,
and dept review report) engage in discussion with staff and
develop a proposal for a new academic advising model for our
office. The new model will cover delivery system, academic advising
team, and will take into consideration the culture of the institution,
the University's academic advising structure and mission statement.
In tandem with this project the office will continue to work
towards the development of an academic advising syllabus for
first year students to be presented/marketed to students and
parents during the 2007 Orientation Program. (May-Aug 2007) |
Gloria Laureano -- University of Central Florida |
4-year Public |
| Peer Advising Program |
To implement a Pilot Peer Advising program at Eastern Kentucky
University with emphasis on students with 2 or more developmental
needs to increase student retention and student success. |
Matt Schumacher -- Eastern Kentucky University |
4-year Public |
| Improving School of Pharmacy Community (faculty, students
& staff) Knowledge & Utilization of academic advising |
We will implement our mission and philosophy of academic advising
into practice. We will also market our advising program to faculty,
staff, and students to increase collaboration and to promote
maximum utilization of effective academic advising. |
Emily Gilbert -- University of Wisconsin-Madison |
4-year Public |
| Improvement of Academic Advising in Meteorology |
Goal: Improve the communication/dissemination of knowledge
appropriate to the quality of advising students in meteorology.
Specific Actions: 1) Explore effective communication technologies
for communicating with: a) recruited majors, b) entering majors,
c) graduating majors, and d) graduates; 2) Review potential
for Blackboard as a platform for communication w/ majors; 3)
Design an advising web site which provides information including:
a) student handbook, b) peer advising, c) advising calendar,
and d) career guidance. |
Merlin Lawson -- University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
4-year Public |
| Develop a Plan for Academic Advising Assessment |
To finalize the Academic Advising Council's academic advising
assessment plan and to continue to develop academic advising
strategies/initiatives that can be related back to/enhance the
academic advising assessment. |
Karen Boston & Dave Dawson -- University of Arkansas |
4-year Public |
| Untitled |
To develop and implement an assessment plan that will lead
to the enhancement of Cross-College Advising Service (CCAS)
services and serve as a model for campus and beyond. CCAS' Advising
syllabus will provide the unifying document to drive our assessment. |
Randy Gentile, Becky Ryan, Tonya Trabant, & Diana Maki
-- University of Wisconsin-Madison |
4-year Public |
| Advising for Transfer Students into Electrical Engineering
Program |
In the context of a large Hispanic institution in the border
between Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico. The Electrical and Computer
Engineering program will implement an advising syllabus to make
the students responsible for their specialization. In addition
we will formulate articulation agreements with the principal
feeder institution in the region or in Mexico. |
Virgilio Gonzalez -- University of Texas-El Paso |
4-year Public |
| Advisor Development Program |
Develop and implement a program for graduate and undergraduate
student advisors to provide an overview of the advising field
with emphasis on conceptual and relational issues. |
Molly Todd -- University of Wisconsin-Madison |
4-year Public |
| Academic Success & Intervention for International Students
- a culturally sensitive approach |
This plan is an intervention for undergraduate international
students in academic difficulty that addresses academics &
Immigration in a culturally sensitive manner. |
Haley Richards -- Colorado State University |
4-year Public |
| Research Organizational Advising Models |
To identify advising models, the advantages and disadvantages
of each model and their perceived effectiveness in addressing
the advising needs of the undeclared, redirected and those ineligible
to declare. |
Barbara Wotherspoon -- University of California-Riverside |
4-year Public |
| An Advising Syllabus for College of Business Students |
Academic Advising in the College of Business supports the
personal and academic success of Business students. A syllabus
for academic advising will outline expectations of students,
advisors, and slate student outcomes for students in Business. |
Ann Coppernoll Farni -- Iowa State University |
4-year Public |
