Academic Advising Syllabus: Advising As Teaching in Action Webinar

Don't miss this live online event, which will be broadcast over the Internet on December 12, 2006. Participation is limited by our service provider to the first 100 Registrants, so REGISTER TODAY to secure your participation.

This virtual seminar may be viewed by individuals on their desktop/laptop computers or by groups in conference room settings using computer projection technology. It is an excellent opportunity to engage all advising personnel, including faculty and administrators, in examining this practical application of advising as teaching by arranging a group presentation and following it up with a discussion session.

Participants will learn:

• how an advising syllabus creates a culture of "advising as teaching" on campus
• how an advising syllabus provides an avenue for articulating student learning outcomes for academic advising
• how an advising syllabus is developed
• how an advising syllabus can be implemented on a campus

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Accountability in Academic Advising: Data-Driven Decision Making to Promote Institutional Change Seminar, January 25-26

Are you preparing for an accreditation visit or self study?

Need to gather data to justify a new program?

Looking for ways to use your assessment data to make changes in your advising program? 

Then This Is The Seminar For You!

Today, in higher education, accountability is a key issue being driven by state legislatures, regional accrediting bodies, and the public at large. With the drive for accountability comes the need to collect and use data effectively by administrators in decision making and program development to increase the success of students across the institution.

This seminar will provide participants with:

• Strategies for effectively collecting data on their campuses
• Strategies for the analysis of data for decision making purposes
• Strategies for the effective utilization of data analysis

Participants will work with case studies and survey data to gain experience in analyzing data and utilizing it to make decisions concerning problems or issues on campuses as well as to develop successful proposals to initiate significant changes on their campuses.

Learn more here.

2007 NACADA Assessment of Academic Advising Institute, January 31-February 2

FORMAT:  The Assessment of Academic Advising Institute provides a foundation for participants regarding assessment's critical elements, purposes, and processes. Through presentations and small group discussion/working sessions, participants explore strategies for the assessment of academic advising programs--including establishing clear goals and outcomes and developing assessment measures for these goals and outcomes. The Institute provides participants with an understanding of the cyclical and ongoing nature of assessment. Most importantly, the Institute offers participants the opportunity to work with colleagues from similar institutional types and with other professionals and experts in the fields of advising and assessment to develop comprehensive assessment plans for their respective campuses.

Nominations for the 2007 NACADA Leadership elections are due by Friday, November 3, 2006 to the Executive Office. Election information is available online, including the positions to be elected, eligibility criteria, overviews of position responsibilities, and an online nomination form. Nomination forms can be submitted electronically, or by fax to (785) 532-7732. 

If you have questions, or would like to inquire as to your eligibility for a particular position or that of a colleague whom you wish to nominate for a position, please contact the NACADA Executive Office at (785) 532-5717 or e-mail us. Your participation is encouraged in the nomination process for these Leadership positions!

The fall 2006 issue of the NACADA Journal is coming off the press!  Look for your copy in the mail later this month.  In the issue you will find research based articles that include:

• Institutional Vision and Academic Advising by Robert Abelman and Anthony D. Molina
• Using the Survey of Academic Orientations to Predict Undergraduates' Stress Levels by William B. Davidson and Hall P. Beck
• Gifted Students in College: Suggestions for Advisors and Faculty Members by Lee Kem and Joy L. Navan
• Academic Advising During Program Discontinuance by Michelle A. Maher
• Advising Students about Required Grade-Point Averages by W. Kent Moore
• Five Possible Work Profiles for Full-Time Academic Advisors by George Steele
• A Model of First-Generation Latino/a College Students' Approach to Seeking Academic Information by Vasti Torres, Al Reiser, Lucy LePeau, Laura Davis and Jeffrey Ruder.

Are you researching an advising topic?  Consider sharing your results across the academy!  The NACADA Journal advances scholarly discourse about the research, theory, and practice of academic advising in higher education. Manuscript guidelines and Journal information are but a click away!

We are entering the final stages of editing for the December edition of NACADA's quarterly e-Publication, Academic Advising Today, and some of the pieces you can look forward to in December are:

• Meeting the Challenges of 21 st Century Academic Advising by Jennifer Wimbish, President, Cedar Valley College

• The Career Coach: Ensuring Student Success at the Sharjah Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates by Nawal Majeed and Rafeef Dahir, Sharjah Higher Colleges of Technology

• Advising Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Students by Lisa Forest, University of North Texas

• Adventures in Assessment - A Team Approach by Louise Cecil, Sharon Jacobsen and Deborah Littleton, University of Alabama at Birmingham

We are currently seekings for the February edition.  It takes but one SPARK to ignite the flame for an idea. Does your campus have an unusual or exceptional process or program that could spark an idea on another campus?   If so, tell us about it in 350 words or less. Send your ' Sparkler'  to Leigh@ksu.edu.

We are now discussing article topics for the June edition. If you are interested in sharing your thoughts with your colleagues in this format, check out the Guidelines today!

November brings with it a frenzy of student interactions.  Now is the time to refer students for a variety of academic, financial, and personal issues.  The Clearinghouse features a variety of referral resources from basic tips for making effective referrals to step-by-step suggestions for successfully referring distressed students. The Clearinghouse is your one-stop-shop for financial/money management tips to resources that aid in career and major exploration to academic support resources. Busy advisors will find these resources (and more) as close as a mouse click away!

Consider writing for the NACADA Clearinghouse of Academic Advising Resources.  The Clearinghouse features practitioner authored overviews of relevant advising topics and provides links to over 10,000 resources that help advisors effectively practice their profession.  Find out more about the Clearinghouse and article guidelines.

Foundations of Academic Advising - CD Series
CD2 - Academic Advising Delivery Models

"Organizational structure is the framework for delivering advising services to students. As such, it is one of the important building blocks for an effective advising program, regardless of whether the program is defined at the department, college, campus, or institutional level" (Pardee, 2004). This CD, which builds on the groundwork laid in CD1 What is Academic Advising?, explains the seven most widely used advising delivery models (self-contained, faculty only, satellite, total intake, dual, split, supplementary) and discusses why they are an important consideration when assessing, evaluating or re-evaluating any advising system.

An excellent tool for both individual auditory/visual learners and group presentations.  Along with audio/visual presentation modules, includes Voices of Experience section, Models comparison chart, and handout/notes pages for use with group professional development / training.

Order Number:  DCD01B

Member Price: $50
Nonmember Price: $65
Click here for the order form

Pocket Guide #2 was developed from the content of the Foundations in Academic Advising CD2 - Academic Advising Delivery Models.  This handy, carry-along publication contains information from each of the modules of CD2.  Makes an excellent handout for group training that accompanies use of the CD.  You'll definitely want to add the Pocket Guides to your Advising Library!

Topics include:

• Three basic types of organizational structures: Centralized, Decentralized, and Shared
• Seven Basic Delivery Models: Self-Contained, Faculty Only, Satellite, Supplementary, Split, Dual, and Total Intake
• Advantages and Challenges of each model
• Usage of each model at various institutional types

• Three crucial question to ask to determine the appropriate model for a particular institution
• Variables to consider in selecting an appropriate organizational structure
• Determining the effectiveness of the organizational structure

Pages: 28

Order Number:  PG02

Price: $5
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Plan ahead for your spring 2007 Spring Regional Conference!  All regions are now accepting presentation proposals.

Effectively Engaging Faculty in Academic Advising Seminar

Burlington, VT

June 21-22, 2007

Faculty members have an essential and vital role in the academic advising experiences of students on most campuses. Data in the NACADA 2004 publication, The Status of Academic Advising, indicate that over 80% of 4-year institutions, almost 50% of public 2-year colleges and 80% of private 2 year institutions utilize models which rely on faculty involvement in academic advising.

Since faculty play such an integral role in academic advising, it is imperative that faculty and administrators work together to assure that faculty have the information, tools and resources to effectively engage in the advising process.

This two-day seminar will provide participants with the opportunity to enhance faculty advising and programs as well as gain essential insights on ways to foster collaboration between faculty and administrators responsible for advising.

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The 2006 Summer Institutes brought together 280 administrators, advisors and faculty advisors for a comprehensive look at academic advising today. Along with general sessions, workshops and topicals, participants developed an Action Plan for enhancing or improving advising on their individual campuses. You might be interested in looking at descriptions of some of the Action Plans prepared for past Institutes. 

Plan now to arrange for teams or individuals from your institution to attend in 2007!   And YES! - A limited number of scholarships are available for Summer Institute attendance. Applications will be available in November on the Annual Awards Program website and will be due by early March. 

•  June 24-29, Burlington, VT 
•  July 29-Aug 3, Salt Lake City, UT

More information will be available on the Summer Institute webpage soon!

Summer Institute Faculty – NACADA will soon be selecting faculty for the 2007 Summer Institutes. If you wish to be considered, please be sure that your listing in the NACADA Expertise Database is up-to-date. If you have previously registered with the Expertise Database and wish to update your information, simply register again by including your name and marking any additional topics or levels of expertise you wish to add. Multiple entries by the same person are merged at the Executive Office, thus negating the need for you to re-enter all information with each update. Presentations at regional and national conferences enhance your opportunity to be selected by providing evaluative data upon which to make selections.

Don't miss your opportunity to register for the 5th Annual Institute for the Study of Transfer Students!   The conference will be held Sunday, January 28 - Tuesday, January 30, 2007 in Fort Worth, Texas.   The Institute is a national forum that addresses the needs of transfer students from both 2-year and 4-year perspectives. The deadline for the $295 early bird registration is Friday, January 5, 2007.  Regular registration fee is $350. For additional registration information and registration forms, please visit the Institute website.

The Institute will issue two Grants for research into transfer student issues at the Conference.  The deadline for submission of a Request for Grant Funding is Friday, December 8, 2006. The Call for Program Proposals deadline is also Friday, December 8, 2006.

The Transfer Institute is co-sponsored by the National Orientation Directors Association (NODA), the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA), The National Resource Center for the First-year Experience (NRCFYE), and the University of North Texas Division of Student Development with additional support from Tau Sigma, the national honorary society for transfer students.

Congratulations to the Theory & Philosophy of Advising Interest Group for being granted commission status recently at the 2006 fall leadership meetings in Indianapolis. This change is effective immediately and the group's website will be updated soon to reflect this action. This new Commission will elect its new Chair in the upcoming 2007 elections to take office after the 2007 Annual Conference in Baltimore next fall.  In the meantime, Peter Hagen will serve as Interim Chair of this new Commission.

The National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) have established a partnership to further student-athlete development and academic success, with the goal of supporting recent NCAA academic reform efforts.

The partnership aligns with the NCAA's continued academic reform efforts and will add both an in-person Institute and an online course for university personnel across the nation to the NACADA roster of academic advising resources. The partnership will provide a unique opportunity to encourage collaboration between athletics and non-athletics, campus administrators and faculty in best practices for the integration of student learning and academic advising with NCAA policies and rules to ensure student-athlete success.

This partnership represents what is believed to be the first programming to assist institutions in assimilating the student-athlete into the mainstream campus community. These two new programs will begin to help institutions better understand student-athletes as they are mainstreamed and will best assure the success of such integrations. NACADA is pleased to have been selected to develop these important initiatives to mirror the success of our other Institutes and Seminars.