Retention: Academic Advising
Essential Elements of Academic Advising
Presented by Percell J. Hobbs, Interim Coordinator of Academic Advisors, Central Piedmont Community College, at the Student Engagement
and Retention Workshop on June 17, 2008.
Integrated
Counseling and Advisement Network (iCAN)
A Best Practice from Central Piedmont Community College, this
award-winning collaborative advising system that includes faculty, staff,
academic advisors, counselors, peer advisors, and technology fosters student
development and success. Advising plays an essential part in student persistence
and success. At CPCC, advising is viewed as an integrated, developmental
process that contributes to a student’s total college performance.
To enhance online advising services for students, the College has developed
a comprehensive website including synchronous advising and a new student
interactive orientation.
Advising and Registration Information
at Durham Technical Community College (Adobe Acrobat File)
On its webpage, DTCC provides step-by-step instructions for incoming students. Specific
instructions for students in the nursing program
are provided. Both the general advising and registration information and the program-specific
information could serve as a replicable model for other campuses.
"Faculty-based
Advising: An Important Factor in Community College Retention" (Adobe Acrobat File)
What would happen if a department initiated an intense academic advising
program designed to increase faculty-student interaction? This article by Ronald C. McArthur, Dean of Instruction, Atlantic Cape Community College (NJ),
looks
at data gathered following a program in which the Arts and Humanities department
at the college personalized the advisement process.
The survey results validate research that equates students satisfaction
with retention in the community college setting.
Incorporating Appreciative Inquiry into Academic Advising
(Adobe Acrobat File)
This article by Jennifer Bloom, Adjunct Associate Professor, Educational Organization
& Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, offers a brief introduction to
Appreciative Inquiry and how it can be used to help students develop a positive view of their future during the advising process.
Academic Advisement and Student Retention: Empirical Connections & Systemic Interventions (Adobe Acrobat File)
A very strong case can be made that academic advising is a crucial component for ensuring student persistence in college. This monograph
by Joe Cuseo, Professor of Psychology and Director, Freshman Seminar, Marymount College (CA), provides ample evidence to support this claim, along with many practical strategies for enhancing the quality of academic advising.
