Current
Goals and Activities:
Click
on link above and scroll down to Section 2 to review the current
goals and activities,
each of which has been related to the applicable mission and
strategy statement within the NACADA Strategic Plan.
Goals and Activities for 2004-2005:
Each
goal and/or activity has been related to the applicable mission
and strategy within the NACADA Strategic Plan.
Topics
of Interest (identified at annual Interest Group
Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, October 2004):
-
finding ways to pair students
up with faculty who share their goals;
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managing the transition from high school to college for talented
students who have not been challenged before;
-
distinguishing
occupational goals from major disciplines;
-
dealing
with students who are indifferent to advising, don't see its
value;
-
helping
talented students deal with failure;
-
helping
talented students make the best of a limited program;
-
helping
students do more than simply meet requirements;
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helping
students take risks;
-
teaching
advisers to work with high achieving students;
-
working
with high achieving students from the first generation;
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helping
students break through a narrow focus;
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encouraging
students in undergraduate research;
-
managing
an open honors program (students self-declare);
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helping
high achieving students deal with competition;
-
counseling
students out of competitive majors;
-
helping
students lighten up;
-
retention
of high achieving students who can move anywhere;
-
international
honors students;
-
late
entrance to honors programs;
-
recruiting
and retaining diverse honors populations;
-
gender
issues like women in engineering;
-
intellectual
property questions
