ACADEMIC ADVISING:
A COMPREHENSIVE HANDBOOK
Produced by The National Academic Advising Association
Published by Jossey-Bass
Authors: Barbara Becker,
Donald Creamer, Elizabeth Creamer, Steven Ender, Phillip Farren,
Katherine Frank, Susan Frost, Virginia Gordon, Thomas Grites,
Wesley Habley, Linda Higginson, Thomas Kerr, Nancy King, Margaret
King, Gary Kramer, Michael Lynch, Betsy McCalla-Wriggins, Michael
McCauley, Melinda McDonald, Victoria McGillin, Sidney McPhee,
Charlie Nutt, Celeste Pardee, Ronnie Priest, Alice Reinarz, Delores
Scott, Remy Sotto, George Steele, Pamela Stephens, Herta Teitelbaum,
Lee Upcraft, Faye Vowell, Eric White, Carolyn Wilkie
This 452 page comprehensive
guide to academic advising examines the advising issues facing
colleges and universities today. Thirty-four contributing authors
examine the issues and make recommendations that will impact the
effectiveness of advising and retention on your campus. Administrators
and faculty will find the handbook invaluable as they strive to
enhance advising on campus, and professors will like its comprehensive
examination of the issues as a text for graduate classes in higher
education administration, student personnel administration, counseling,
and related areas.
Part One: Foundations
of Academic Advising
- Historical and Philosophical Foundations
for Academic Advising (Frost)
- Use of Theory in Academic Advising
(D. Creamer)
- Current Practices in Academic Advising
(Habley)
- Ethical Considerations and Obligations
(Frank)
- Legal Issues in Academic Advising
(Becker)
Part Two: Student Diversity and
Academic Advising
- Academic Advising and Today's Changing Students (Upcraft
& Stephens)
- Advising Students at Different Educational Levels (Kramer)
- Advising Multicultural Students (Priest & McPhee)
- Advising Students with Special Needs (Ender & Wilkie)
- Advising Students in Transition (Steele & McDonald)
- Integrating Academic Advising and Career and Life Planning
(McCalla-Wriggins)
Part Three: Organization and
Delivery of Advising Services
- Developing Mission, Goals, and Objectives for the Advising
Program (White)
- Organizational Models for Academic Advising (Pardee)
- Delivering Academic Advising: Advisor Types (Reinarz)
- One-On-One Advising (Nutt)
- Advising Students in Groups (N. King)
- Technological Resources That Support Advising (McCauley)
- Technological Delivery Systems (Sotto)
- Using Assessment Instruments (Grites)
Part Four: Training, Evaluation,
and Recognition
- Designing Effective Training for
Academic Advisors (M. King)
- A Framework for Training Program
Content (Higginson)
- Model Training Programs (Vowell
& Farren)
- Assessing the Effectiveness of
the Advising Program (Lynch)
- Assessing Individual Advisor Effectiveness
(E. Creamer & Scott)
- Recognition and Reward for Excellence
in Advising (Kerr)
Part Five: Dealing with Change
in the Future of Academic Advising
- Current Issues in Advising Research
(McGillin)
- Meeting the Needs of Tomorrow's
Learners and Tomorrow's Workplace (Gordon)
- Anticipating, Implementing, and
Adapting to Changes in Academic Advising (Teitelbaum)
Appendix A: NACADA's Core Values
Appendix B: Council for the Advancement of Standards (CAS)
Appendix C: NACADA Resources
ISBN
No. 0-7879-5025-4
Publication
date: August 2000
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