A number of issues were identified at the Dallas meeting. The group memory, which includes areas of concern that were identified, can be accessed on the commission web site at http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Commissions/C32/Fall03MeetingMinutes.htm.

Unit Goals and Objectives for Next Year:

I. Communication

Continue development of network of advisors interested in assessment through annual meetings and list serve.

II. Presentations

Actively solicit more members to submit proposals to NACADA national and regional conferences, as well as to outside of NACADA assessment related conferences.

III. Contributions

Actively solicit members to submit articles to the NACADA Journal and other advising/assessment related publications on various topics (e.g., value added advising, learning outcomes, assessing faculty advising)
Begin the process of developing various publications and reports on assessment of advising topics:
- Draft an "Assessment of Academic Advising Primer" as an electronic resource tool to be posted on the ASAC website.
- Draft an instrument to survey NACADA members and list serve participants on the status of assessment in their unit/on campus- "Status of Assessment of Academic Advising" survey.

Begin dialogue with NACADA Research Committee on the establishment of an assessment of advising grant.

Volunteer Opportunities Available Within the Unit :

Proposal Review Committee - responsible for reviewing and selecting commission sponsored papers/sessions for the 2004 National Conference.
Regional ASAC Representatives - responsible for conducting Commission meetings and/or roundtable discussions at the regional conferences. More than one individual from each region is welcome!
Website Committee - responsible for identifying areas of expansion or deletion of the website as well as for identifying and soliciting submissions of assessment methods and tools to be housed on the Commission website.

Members Serving this Unit (committee members, liaisons, etc.) :

STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Joyce Buck	Penn State University	(814) 865-9523	jbb1@psu.edu
Ann Groves Lloyd	University of Wisconsin-Madison	(608) 262-8052	aglloyd@facstaff.wisc.edu
Gene Kim	University of Wisconsin-Madison	(608) 265-4417	genekim@facstaff.wisc.edu
Victor Macaruso	University of Wisconsin-Madison	(608) 262-2778	vmacaruso@lssaa.wisc.edu
Victoria McGillin	Wheaton College	(508) 285-8215	vmcgilli@wheatonma.edu
Heidi Smith	Eastern Washington University	(509) 359-6180	hsmith@mail.ewu.edu
Joshua Smith	University at Albany	(518) 442-3968	JSmith3@uamail.albany.edu

The process of filling positions on the proposal review committee, the ASAC website committee, and identifying regional ASAC representatives is still underway.

NACADA Executive Office
Kansas State University
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e-mail: nacada@ksu.edu