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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

  1. Historical and Philosophical Foundations for Academic Advising (Frost)
  2. Use of Theory in Academic Advising (D. Creamer)
  3. Current Practices in Academic Advising (Habley)
  4. Ethical Considerations and Obligations (Frank)
  5. Legal Issues in Academic Advising (Becker)
Part Two: Student Diversity and Academic Advising
  1. Academic Advising and Today's Changing Students (Upcraft & Stephens)
  2. Advising Students at Different Educational Levels (Kramer)
  3. Advising Multicultural Students (Priest & McPhee)
  4. Advising Students with Special Needs (Ender & Wilkie)
  5. Advising Students in Transition (Steele & McDonald)
  6. Integrating Academic Advising and Career and Life Planning (McCalla-Wriggins)
Part Three: Organization and Delivery of Advising Services
  1. Developing Mission, Goals, and Objectives for the Advising Program (White)
  2. Organizational Models for Academic Advising (Pardee)
  3. Delivering Academic Advising: Advisor Types (Reinarz)
  4. One-On-One Advising (Nutt)
  5. Advising Students in Groups (N. King)
  6. Technological Resources That Support Advising (McCauley)
  7. Technological Delivery Systems (Sotto)
  8. Using Assessment Instruments (Grites)
Part Four: Training, Evaluation, and Recognition
  1. Designing Effective Training for Academic Advisors (M. King)
  2. A Framework for Training Program Content (Higginson)
  3. Model Training Programs (Vowell & Farren)
  4. Assessing the Effectiveness of the Advising Program (Lynch)
  5. Assessing Individual Advisor Effectiveness (E. Creamer & Scott)
  6. Recognition and Reward for Excellence in Advising (Kerr)
Part Five: Dealing with Change in the Future of Academic Advising
  1. Current Issues in Advising Research (McGillin)
  2. Meeting the Needs of Tomorrow's Learners and Tomorrow's Workplace (Gordon)
  3. 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

Pages: 452
Order Number: P05
NACADA Member Price: $40
Non-member Price: $50

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