| Title of Action Plan |
Description |
Name & Institution |
Institution Type |
| Academic Advising Mission & Outcome Expectations |
Our plan was to develop a clearly articulated mission statement
and advising outcome expectations to guide us in creating
an advising program that teaches students critical skills
for academic and life success. |
Jerry Harrell -- Ivy Tech Community College-Central Indiana |
2-year |
| Advisor Training |
The advisor training will be presented at in-service in
the fall & spring semester of each year. It is for full
time faculty and academic advisors. It will cover the principles
of advising and various advising issues. |
Grace Nelson -- Labette Community College |
2-year |
| New Transfer Student Orientation/Advisement |
Provide a mandatory orientation/advisement program for all
new transfer students prior to their first registration offering
two options: one in-person, and the other on-line. |
Roger Corriveau -- Manatee Community College |
2-year |
| "Steps to Success" - Life Map |
Our purpose is to raise student awareness of all resources
available and required to enhance their educational journey
to success. The life map will include information leading
to an Associate's and Bachelor's degree. Information on how
and when to choose majors and how and when to use campus resources.
Our goal is to support the student experience from point of
contact through graduation. |
Angel Clay -- Lexington Community College/Bluegrass Community
& Technical College |
2-year |
| Advising Nursing Students who are placed on a wait list
for a year or more |
In order to keep nursing students who are on the wait list
for a year or more interested in the program and connected
to Howard Community College. |
Robin Becker-Cornblatt -- Howard Community College |
2-year |
| Bridging the Gap from Admission to Registration to Attendance |
Goal: To reduce the number of adults who apply and register
but never show up for the first class. The plan includes 1)identifying
the needs of adult learners, 2) identifying the reasons why
adults take the first steps but never actually go to class,
and 3) developing strategies/procedures for initial advising
sessions that will help them to be able to get the assistance/support/information
they need. |
Katrina Rhodes -- Educational Opportunity Center |
4-year Public |
| Developing an Effective Advising Team by using the team
for Faculty Development |
Members of the CSE advising team will receive professional
development in relational and conceptual advising over 2 semesters.
They will also use team advising of challenging students.
|
Mary Beth Mullen -- Wilkes University |
4-year Private |
| Develop an Assessment Plan for Academic Advising |
Develop an assessment plan using a 3-step process: 1) define
academic advising; 2) develop a mission statement for academic
advising; 3) develop assessment process. Purpose: enhance
student learning through academic advising. |
Pamela Humphrey -- Upper Iowa University |
4-year Private |
| The First Year of College: Academic Advising for Student
Success |
The Thiel College team will collaborate with the First Year
Experience committee 1) to raise awareness for the critical
role of academic advising to first year student success, 2)
to develop a mission statement for F/Y advising that supports
"advising as teaching;" and 3) to design & propose
to the campus community a curriculum model for first year
advising that includes measurable student learning outcomes. |
Marianne Calenda -- Thiel College |
4-year Private |
| Development of a Tutorial/"Fellows" Program within
a Residential College System |
Develop a policies & procedures document of support
masters (faculty head of each residential college) in development
and maintenance of a residential college "Fellows Program"
(tutorial program). |
Brian Gibson -- Rice University |
4-year Private |
| Prevention & Intervention Methods for "At-Risk"
Students |
Create a probationary program for "at-risk" students
which focuses on both prevention and intervention strategies. |
Lesley Friesen/Kain Nowak-Bailey -- University of Manitoba |
4-year Public |
| Adult & Under prepared Students - Strategies for Success |
To develop a plan for advisors to effectively focus time
and attention to high risk adult & under prepared students.
Contracts and follow up will be utilized in an intrusive advising
model. |
Deanna Kost -- USDSU |
4-year Public |
| Advising @ Simpson College: A Faculty Handbook |
To develop a
handbook for academic advisors that:
1) Emphasizes
advising as teaching
2) Outlines student
development
3) Provides a
collection of resources |
Stephanie Krauth -- Simpson College |
4-year Private |
| Implementation of a Faculty Advisement Model |
To develop a faculty advisement model which encompasses
a mission statement delivery model, responsibilities of faculty,
counselors, and students and goals with strategies to implement
faculty advising at TCC. |
Christine Damrose-Mahlmann -- Tidewater Community College |
2-year |
| Foundation for Academic Advising Initiative |
To draft a mission statement, goals, outcomes and timeline
for a comprehensive college-wide academic advising model. |
Jane Dalzell -- Ivy Tech Community College-Central Indiana |
2-year |
| New Students Virtual Information Module |
This will be designed to facilitate new students without
a new student seminar. A teaching testing module made up of
3 distinct parts, with each part containing information pertinent
to the time of the semester that the information is posted. |
Allison Douglas-Chicoye -- LaGuardia Community College |
2-year |
| AcAd 101: The Who, What, Why, How of Academic Advising |
To equip new faculty advisors with the fundamental understandings
of what academic advising should be and to supply them with
some tools & resources necessary to engage in the task. |
Sharon Connor -- North Central University |
4-year Private |
| Guidelines for advisors working with Exploring "Undecided"
students |
The purpose is to expose the exploring (undecided) students
to an assessment tool (career cruising) and also discuss development
of "next steps" in the process for them. |
LeAnn Ross -- Highland Community College |
2-year |
| Life Map |
Life Map: A tool to be used in orientations and web site
to allow students to be aware of all available resources that
enhance their educational journey. |
Jim Hoosier -- Lexington Community College |
2-year |
| Improving Probation Advising by Educating Students on University
Policy" |
Develop a web-based program to ensure that students on probation/suspension
read and understand relevant university policies prior to
meeting with an academic advisor. |
Antoinette Curl -- Texas State University-San Marcos |
4-year Public |
| Student Road Map |
To help students think about their goals and how to achieve
them, have them draw a map of where they are, and where they
want to go. |
Greg Murphy -- University of Texas-Austin |
4-year Public |
| Career & Advisement Center Mission Statement |
To design an office mission statement reflecting the university's
advising mission statement. |
Allen Barger -- Austin Peay State University |
4-year Public |
| Addressing the Needs of Probationary Students |
The purpose of this action plan is to help students recover
from the pitfalls of academic probation by a) tracking their
progress over two years while providing resources and support
through the Learning about Excellent Academic Progress (LEAP)
with a tutorial program in place. In addition there will be
on-going seminars and positive interventions designed for
their success. Long range goal will be to design a course
to address their needs identified from the data & research. |
Naomi Wright -- New Jersey City University |
4-year Public |
