Transcript APP ADVISING MANDATE - Saint Joseph's University

APP ADVISING MANDATE
RASHMI MALHOTRA
ASSESSMENT OF ACADEMIC ADVISING
COMMITTEE
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Reasons for Mandate: Plan 2010 calls for a
comprehensive review of advising with the goal of
expanding and strengthening the advising system for
all students. The Middle States Review strangle
suggested the need to assess current policies in this
area. Strong academic advising is consistent with the
Jesuit value of cura personalis which is central to the
Mission of the University. Anecdotal evidence
indicates that the quality of advising is not
consistently high across University programs. In
addition, the advising load varies significantly across
programs and faculty within programs. In order to
implement best practices in advising, a thorough and
extensive assessment of policies and practices is
necessary.
ASSESSMENT OF ACADEMIC ADVISING
COMMITTEE
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Objective: To assess academic advising policies
and practices and make recommendations for
reasonable and realistic improvements in policies
and practices. A comprehensive assessment
should be guided by a committee of faculty
representing all divisions of the University a
swell as administrators who are involved in
academic advising programs. Consideration
should be given to the development of a
University-wide instrument to assess advising on
an ongoing basis.
SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Anthony Berret
 Benjamin Liebman
 Rashmi Malhotra
 Eileen Sabbatino
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PROPOSED MODELS:
The Freshman Seminar
 Saint Joseph’s Advising Center
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Current Haub Advising Center Evaluation:
 Advising Director
 Haub and CA&S Advising Centers
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Academic Advising and BlackBoard
SAINT JOSEPH’S ADVISING CENTER
1. the advising
approach will represent a centrally administered
program
 (concept of one office to serve both HSB and CAS)
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2. the hiring of one directorlevel administrator to oversee this operation and
 to give this individual a three month window
 before reporting back to the Provost on operation
al and functional details that best serve both
HSB and CAS.
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FRESHMAN SEMINAR MODEL
Freshman Seminar classes (First-Year Seminars
in the proposed GEP) with teachers as the
advisors of the students in their classes.
 Extend Freshman Orientation by group meetings
during first year of freshmen with staff from the
proposed advising center and with advisors.
 Recommend that students in the upper years
take at least one course from their departmental
advisor.
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PROPOSALS FOR BLACKBOARD ADVISING
Each advisor should have a “class” on
BlackBoard that contains all of his advisees.
 From the BlackBoard “class” site that contains
each advisor’s list of advisees, it will be possible
to ‘click on’ each advisee’s name to easily access
the advisee’s registration pin, academic
transcript, and curriculum worksheet.
 The advising center should coordinate with the
IT staff and the registrar so that students and
advisors will not only be aware of which academic
requirements have not yet been met, but which
classes can be taken in the next semester/year to
fulfill those requirements.
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