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• Advising administration
• Advising as a profession
• Advising theory and models
• Advising tools and techniques
• Case studies
• General
• Special populations
• Student development
• Technology in advising

 

Advising administration

Articles Academic adviser shortages: An on-line study Answering the fundamental questions of organizational existence: Developing, implementing, and communicating effective mission statements and goals to guide advising programs or centers The benefits of establishing a student/alumni mentoring program Beyond student satisfaction surveys: Designing a student focus group to assess academic advising Bridging the gap between training and performance through adviser training and development Closing the gap between academic advising and career counseling Collaborate! The importance of teamwork between academic advisers and orientation leaders Continuing the connection: Does academic advising impact . . . alumni and donors? Creating an academic advising training program on your campus Creating an online advising manual for reference, training, and . . . development Developing partnerships between faculty and professional advisers Eight steps for organizing a majors fair Enhancing academic advising with a monthly newsletter The importance of faculty adviser training programs Improving advising through a customer service initiative “PAT on the Back”: Developing and implementing a peer advising team Predicting student satisfaction with academic advising There, but for the grace of God, go we Transforming an advising office using Total Quality Management techniques Forum topics Are large advising rosters unethical? How can advising administrators “connect” with faculty? How many advisees are too many? How should advising be assessed? Should advising be mandatory? Should students be matched with advisers who are like them? What's the best way to train new advisers? Who should advise juniors and seniors? Why are we seeing an increase in professional advisers in academic departments?

 

Advising as a profession

Articles Academic adviser shortages: An on-line study Academic advising and Big Brothers Big Sisters: A brand new way of thinking Advisers beware: The political exploitation of interns in times of war Advisers teach students to become mobile Advising: A personal statement Advising and teaching: Synergistic praxis for student and faculty development Are advisers risking lawsuits for misadvising students? The challenge for academic advisers: We are instructors, not administrators Challenges encountered by new advisers: Honest answers, practical solutions Closing the gap between academic advising and career counseling Confessions of a Ph.D. student: The internship Creating a student-centered learning community Describe a relationship in which you were mentored by another academic adviser . . . Describe your relationship with an advisee that best illustrates your philosophy of advising Developmental academic advising in higher education: The class Excerpts from the journal's writing competition The hope business: Academic advising How do you know that you have made a difference in the education of your advisees? (S. Estes) How do you know that you have made a difference in the education of your advisees? (C. Kimmel) How do you use your discipline(s) in your advising? (E. Boretz) How do you use your discipline(s) in your advising? (A. Stalzer) How is academic advising different from teaching . . . and counseling? On mentors and janitors: Toward a classical definition of advising A new adviser's journal Preparing doctoral students for their future roles as academic advisers A prologue to defining academic advising Renewing yourself from an advising slump The role of advisers and academic support specialists on the urban campus The shifting sands of advising Strategic thinking can help advisers overcome identity crisis The teaching-advising connection Vocational insights into academic advising What is ethical behavior for an academic adviser? When the professor is a spiritual guide Forum topics Are there generation gaps in academic advising? Are you concerned about being sued for misadvising? Are you a “helicopter adviser”? Can academic advising truly be part of the promotion and tenure process? Can students and advisers be friends? Do professional academic advisers need college degrees? Do professional advisers need a union? Do you have a personal/professional mission statement? Do you really treat all students equally? How can advisers “connect” with faculty? How do I learn about disciplines and courses other than my own? How do you define who an adviser is? How do you know you're doing a good job of advising? How do you make ethical decisions? How do you use your discipline in advising? How does someone prepare to become a professional academic adviser? How much advising is too much? How would you describe academic advising to an advisee, a person interested in becoming an adviser, and a friend? If students are our “customers,” then why don't we just give them what they want? Is academic advising a “service”? Is academic advising underfunded? Is advising a profession? Is it appropriate to accept gifts from advisees and/or their parents? Is it appropriate to share personal information with advisees? Is it unethical to recommend specific courses or instructors? Should an adviser be able to “fire” an advisee? Should an adviser ever advise a student against choosing a particular major? Should advisers avoid all physical contact with their advisees? Should advisers bribe their advisees? Should advisers get “report cards”? Should advisers keep their offices free of all potentially offensive material? Should advisers teach first-year seminars for their advisees? Should professional academic advisers be licensed? Should we grant tenure to professional academic advisers? What are the pros and cons of being an academic adviser? What do experienced advisers know about advising that new advisers might not? What is the adviser's role in explaining general education? What is the adviser's role/responsibility in resolving errors? What is the role of spirituality in advising? What is the value of academic advising? What New Year's advising resolutions have you made? What role do your personal values play in your advising? What role should advisers play in helping students develop a meaningful philosophy of life? What role should advisers play in recruiting new students? What role should advisers play in regard to academic honesty/integrity? What's the difference between academic advising and career counseling? Why are men underrepresented in academic advising?

 

Advising theory and models

Articles Academic advising and the “logic” of the curriculum The adviser as a caring expert: Theory and practice An alternative to the developmental theory of advising Applying O'Banion's model to study abroad advising Career advising: What academic advisers need to know Decision-making theory: Implications for academic advising Developmental academic advising in higher education: The class Developmental academic advising and learner-centered education Developmental advising: A practical view Developmental advising in the Sultanate of Oman Ethics in academic advising Expanding the prescriptive-developmental advising continuum: Using social constructivism as an advising approach for students from high relational groups Integrative theory of academic advising: A proposition The meaning of “student-centered” advising A prologue to defining academic advising Sustainable advising: Applying the tenets of sustainability to academic advising What would a unified theory of academic advising require? Forum topics If prescriptive advising is so bad, why do advisers use it so much? Is more research needed in advising? Why do we need theories of advising?

 

Advising tools and techniques

Articles Academic advisers as transformational leaders The academic adviser's role in encouraging and supporting student involvement The adviser as a caring expert: Theory and practice Advising the involved student Advising maxims revisited Advising and spirituality: Resources for academic professionals Advising strategies: What academic advisers can learn from Sun Tzu An advising syllabus: A tool to increase advising effectiveness Appreciative Advising: How the Academic Centers for Excellence at the University of South Carolina are using this breakthrough concept Career advising: What academic advisers need to know Challenges encountered by new advisers: Honest answers, practical solutions Cognition and advising Creating reflection on international experiences through appreciative advising A cross-disciplinary faculty collaboration in advising community college student interns Don't forget the details: A call for balance in academic advising Expanding the prescriptive-developmental advising continuum: Using social constructivism as an advising approach for students from high relational groups From non-helicopter parent to appropriate support system: Appreciative Advising strategies for empowering parents of low-income, first-generation college students Help! Do I have to advise college students, too? How to encourage students of color to pursue careers in student affairs administration. The importance of paying attention: Ten points to empower our students Improving academic advising with assessment and a standardized form Incorporating active-learning strategies in academic advising Incorporating Appreciative Inquiry into academic advising Knowing the facts about financial aid Leading by example “Let's go fishing”: Embracing students in academic advising Managing the advising relationship: Three common-sense tips for advising college students Online advising through Virtual Interest Groups Preparing for the first advising contact Reaching beyond academics in academic advising Reflections on my peer advising career The role of advising in undergraduate research Student engagement and academic advising Student motivation: How much can we really do? Two's company, three's a crowd: Can group advising be appreciative and effective? The use of self-disclosure in academic advising Using Appreciative Inquiry in advising at-risk students: Moving from challenge to success Utilizing parents as a resource: The use of Appreciative Inquiry in academic advising Visualization in advising What can academic advisers learn from Alcoholics Anonymous? What can and should we do with e-mail? An outline for a systematic approach When students get bad news: How understanding the grieving process can help Work questions: Productively talking with students about their jobs Forum topics Can students and advisers be friends? How do I learn about disciplines and courses other than my own? How do you advise reluctant students? How do you advise students about changing their plans? How do you advise students online? How do you avoid adviser burnout? How do you motivate your advisees? How do you plan to improve your advising? How much advising is too much? Should advising be mandatory? What is the role of humor in advising? What is the role of spirituality in advising? What questions do you ask? What stories do you tell?

 

Case studies

Forum topics Case study #1: What should you do about this letter from a troubled student? Case study #2: How would you help this student who's ready to give up? Case study #3: How would you help this student . . . against a department head? Case study #4: He said/she said/you said? Case study #5: What do you do about Barry? Case study #6: Students' rights, parents' needs, and advisers' reputations Case study #7: Who's fooling whom? Case study #8: Assisting students or assisting retention? Case study #9: Who gets the extra semester? Case study #10: A case of sexual misconduct? Case study #11: A secret advising error Case study #12: An unprofessional, though not unethical, request Case study #13: A case of academic dishonesty discovered Case study #14: The smell of the greasepaint, the roar of the dad Case study #15: The case of the quiet salesman Case study #16: The case of the pricey liberal arts degree Case study #17: A case of family dynamics Case study #18: A case of what's fair and what's not Case study #19: Judging a Facebook by its cover Case study #20: Drink, drank, not drunk Case study #21: A case of Mrs. identification Case study #22: A lifting encounter Case study #23: A surprise visit Case study #24: Whose report is it anyway?

 

General

Articles Academic advising and live theatre: An effective collaboration The advent of academic advising in America at the Johns Hopkins University A chronology of academic advising in America A chronology of academic advising in America (revised) The college environment: Factors influencing student transition and their impact on academic advising Creating a student-centered learning community The curriculum of academic advising: What we teach, how we teach, and what students learn (conference proceedings) Describe your most memorable advisee and tell what you learned from him/her and how it affected you. Eight steps for organizing a majors fair Enhancing academic advising with a monthly newsletter Grant support for graduate and undergraduate students who perform research Hitting and missing the jackpot: The NACADA 2005 national conference The NACADA Region 9 conference: A participant's perspective The significance of the adviser-advisee relationship: A student's perspective Students' civil rights Students grade their professors: An evaluation of a college's faculty advising by its graduating seniors Underage drinking: Challenges to academic advising and performance What Virginia Tech showed: Are we missing part of our mission? Forum topics Are faculty abdicating their advising responsibilities? Can undergraduate students really be “peer advisers?” How are this year's first-year students different from students five to ten years ago? How will advising change in the new millenium? Is it appropriate for advisers to participate in social networking Web sites? What books have made an impact on the way you advise? What impact do you think the recent terrorism will have on students? What is the relationship between advising and retention? What's your favorite quote about advice or advising?

 

Special populations

Articles Academic advisers as a resource for middle school college preparation programs Academic advisers supporting students affected by relationship violence Academic advising and academic support services at urban campuses: An introduction Academic advising needs of high-achieving Black collegians at predominantly White institutions: A mixed methods investigation Addressing the distinctive needs of Guaranteed Entrance to Medical School (GEMS) students The adult road atlas: A plan for adult learners Advisers beware: The political exploitation of interns in times of war Advising a special population: Commuter students at Ohio University Advising across cultures Advising the first-generation college student Advising first-generation college students for continued success Advising graduate students: Understanding the influence of family on graduate education Advising the single-parent college student Advising students on academic probation Advising students interested in medical school: What is the best approach? Advising undecided students: What works best? Advising visual arts students: Realities and considerations Applying O'Banion's model to study abroad advising Basic immigration regulations for F-1 international students in the United States: A guide for academic advisers Board of Trustees Program – A commitment to adult education Breaking it down: Performing academic advising across the color line A cross-disciplinary faculty collaboration in advising community college student interns Dead ends versus new beginnings: Making a case for alumni career development opportunities Developmental advising in the Sultanate of Oman Don't give up on academically dismissed students Emerging and persistent issues for first-year students Expanding the prescriptive-developmental advising continuum: Using social constructivism as an advising approach for students from high relational groups Finding the right balance in advising the NCAA Division III student-athlete First-generation college students: Their challenges and the advising strategies that can help From non-helicopter parent to appropriate support system: Appreciative Advising strategies for empowering parents of low-income, first-generation college students Generation 1.5 students: Recognizing an overlooked population Getting prepared for the underprepared The ignored population: Transfer students The importance of an integrated career and academic advising model for adult students Leading horses to water: Male reluctance to participate in a peer mentorship program The life of an adviser of education majors Mentoring programs for Asian Pacific American students Military academic advising Planting the seeds of success: Advising college students with disabilities Predictors of success in exercise physiology Reality counseling and the student-athlete mentor Reflections from both sides of the desk: From probationer to adviser The significance of the adviser-advisee relationship: A student's perspective Stereotypes, diversity, and affects on academic advising Strengthening the position of online academic advisers Students in financial crisis: How academic advisers can help Students Taking Academic Responsibility (STAR): A mentoring program for at-risk students Switching to a higher gear: Advising adult and traditional students in accelerated learning Talking with the parents of advisees Undecided students: What are we doing and what can we do? University of Illinois Medical Scholars Program Using Appreciative Inquiry in advising at-risk students: Moving from challenge to success Veterans in college: What advisers should expect What transfer students really need to be successful at four-year institutions Forum topics Are sophomores our undergraduate orphans? Are undecided/exploratory students really all that “undecided”? How do you advise reluctant students? How do you advise students in crisis? How do you advise students at a distance? How do you advise the “younger generation”? How do handle “helicopter parents”? Should academic advisers advise high school students?

 

Student development

Articles Advising and spirituality: Resources for academic professionals Advising students on the use of service learning in career development After graduation Are students cheating themselves? The role of academic advisers within academic integrity Benefits of peer advising to peer advisers Creating economic opportunities through academic advising Creating shared student responsibility for general education Figure out what you love and the rest will follow From contact to community Global advising: Advising students for a globalized world The importance of paying attention: Ten points to empower our students Informing and turning: Two approaches to general education Making a major decision My educational journey: A student perspective My educational journey: A student perspective (Part 2) My educational journey: A student perspective (Part 3) My educational journey: A student perspective (Part 4) My educational journey: A student perspective (Part 5) My educational journey: A student perspective (Part 6) The new “freshman fifteen” The power of good advice for students Reflections on my peer advising career Service learning: The road less traveled by students Students must lay the groundwork for references Transition What is an education? Forum topics Should advisers correct their advisees? Should advising be mandatory? Should we advise our students not to look for fulfillment in their careers? What do you think students want from advisers?

 

Technology in advising

Articles Creating a virtual advising center: Student services in an online environment Creating an online advising manual for reference, training, and . . . development The economics of technology in advisement services Integrating technology into advisement services Lessons learned: Implementing advising software at the University of Louisville Online advising through Virtual Interest Groups Reaching the masses: E-newsletters and Facebook in advising Technology in advising: A personal perspective Technology in higher education academic advisement The virtual career center: Creating a career center in a virtual classroom What can and should we do with e-mail? An outline for a systematic approach Forum topics Are advisers too connected to their students? Does information technology keep students away from advisers? How do you advise students online? How has e-mail changed the way you do advising? How is advising affected when paper documents are replaced by the Web? How is technology affecting academic advising?

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