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The Global Community for Academic Advising
NACADA Executive Office
Kansas State University
2323 Anderson Ave, Suite 225
Manhattan, KS 66502-2912
Phone: (785) 532-5717
Fax: (785) 532-7732
e-mail: [email protected]
© 2013 National Academic
Advising Association
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and purpose of NACADA. However, no
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marks of the National Academic Advising
Association.
Academic
Advising:Creating
Change to Support
Successful Student
Transfer
Dr. Charlie Nutt
Executive Director, NACADA
Assistant Professor, Kansas State
University
The
Global
Community
forfor
Academic
Advising
The
Global
Community
Academic
Advising
NACADA Executive Office
Kansas State University
2323 Anderson Ave, Suite 225
Manhattan, KS 66502-2912
Phone: (785) 532-5717
Fax: (785) 532-7732
e-mail: [email protected]
© 2013 National Academic
Advising Association
The contents of all material in this
presentation are copyrighted by the
National Academic Advising Association,
unless otherwise indicated. Copyright is
not claimed as to any part of an original
work prepared by a U.S. or state
government officer or employee as part of
that person's official duties. All rights are
reserved by NACADA, and content may
not be reproduced, downloaded,
disseminated, published, or transferred in
any form or by any means, except with the
prior written permission of NACADA, or as
indicated below. Members of NACADA
may download pages or other content for
their own use, consistent with the mission
and purpose of NACADA. However, no
part of such content may be otherwise or
subsequently be reproduced, downloaded,
disseminated, published, or transferred, in
any form or by any means, except with the
prior written permission of, and with
express attribution to NACADA. Copyright
infringement is a violation of federal law
and is subject to criminal and civil
penalties. NACADA and National
Academic Advising Association are service
marks of the National Academic Advising
Association.
The Global Community for Academic Advising
NACADA Executive Office
Kansas State University
2323 Anderson Ave, Suite 225
Manhattan, KS 66502-2912
Phone: (785) 532-5717
Fax: (785) 532-7732
e-mail: [email protected]
© 2013 National Academic
Advising Association
The contents of all material in this
presentation are copyrighted by the
National Academic Advising Association,
unless otherwise indicated. Copyright is
not claimed as to any part of an original
work prepared by a U.S. or state
government officer or employee as part of
that person's official duties. All rights are
reserved by NACADA, and content may
not be reproduced, downloaded,
disseminated, published, or transferred in
any form or by any means, except with the
prior written permission of NACADA, or as
indicated below. Members of NACADA
may download pages or other content for
their own use, consistent with the mission
and purpose of NACADA. However, no
part of such content may be otherwise or
subsequently be reproduced, downloaded,
disseminated, published, or transferred, in
any form or by any means, except with the
prior written permission of, and with
express attribution to NACADA. Copyright
infringement is a violation of federal law
and is subject to criminal and civil
penalties. NACADA and National
Academic Advising Association are service
marks of the National Academic Advising
Association.
The Global Community for Academic Advising
NACADA Executive Office
Kansas State University
2323 Anderson Ave, Suite 225
Manhattan, KS 66502-2912
Phone: (785) 532-5717
Fax: (785) 532-7732
e-mail: [email protected]
© 2013 National Academic
Advising Association
The contents of all material in this
presentation are copyrighted by the
National Academic Advising Association,
unless otherwise indicated. Copyright is
not claimed as to any part of an original
work prepared by a U.S. or state
government officer or employee as part of
that person's official duties. All rights are
reserved by NACADA, and content may
not be reproduced, downloaded,
disseminated, published, or transferred in
any form or by any means, except with the
prior written permission of NACADA, or as
indicated below. Members of NACADA
may download pages or other content for
their own use, consistent with the mission
and purpose of NACADA. However, no
part of such content may be otherwise or
subsequently be reproduced, downloaded,
disseminated, published, or transferred, in
any form or by any means, except with the
prior written permission of, and with
express attribution to NACADA. Copyright
infringement is a violation of federal law
and is subject to criminal and civil
penalties. NACADA and National
Academic Advising Association are service
marks of the National Academic Advising
Association.
Are you…
 A person who makes
change happen?
 A person who watches
change happen?
 A person who wonders what
happened?
December 21, 2012
We need to produce learners, not just students
By Robert Talbert
October 12, 2012
College Persistence Linked to Rigorous Courses
and Academic Advising
By Caralee Adams
66% of jobs in the United
States will require a
postsecondary education
& training by 2020
58% of all jobs in
Georgia will require a
postsecondary education
& training by 2020
Carnevale & Smith, 2012
Unemployment based on education,
2011
Bureau of Labor Statistics
What Does this Mean for Academic Advising
and Advising Administrators Focused on
Transfer Students?
Not because I can email a Rihanna song
from my phone.
RT @ftrain @suzisteffen
We are all faced with a series of great
opportunities – brilliantly disguised as
unsolvable problems.
(John W. Gardner)
Our Shared Goal: Student Success
“Retention is a byproduct of a
good educational experience.”
Vincent Tinto
Leaving College: Rethinking the Causes
and Cures of Student Attrition, 1993
Key Institutional Conditions
 High Expectations
 Support
 Academic Advising
 Involvement
 Student-Learning Focused
Vincent Tinto, 2007
Taking Student Retention Seriously
Engagement
“The intersection of student
behaviors and institutional conditions
over which colleges and universities
have at least marginal control.”
Kuh, et al, 2007.
Institutional Conditions
Educationally effective institutions
channel student energy toward the
right activities, typically called “High
Impact Practices”.
Student Behaviors
What matters most is what
students do and the effort they
expend, not who they are.
BUT…
Who they are affects what students
do and the effort they expend.
Understanding this is important to
designing academic advising programs.
Types of Transfer Students
Verticle Transfer – 2 + 2 – Students
Transfer Up – High School to College
Reverse Transfer
Swirling Transfer
Lateral Transfer – 2 to 2-Year College
The Psychology of Leaving (or
Staying): Intentions and Attitudes
The intention to leave (or stay) is the best
predictor of actual student departure
Intentions are the byproduct of the
interaction of the student and the institution
 Faculty
 Other Students
 Administrators and Staff Members
Bean, 2005
Institutional Fit & Commitment
Attitudes about Being a Student
 Satisfaction, Confidence, Competence
 Perceived value of one’s education to
career/job
 Relationship between what one is studying to
one’s future
 Stress level associated with attending a
given school
Bean, 2005
Influencing Attitudes and Intentions
Good advising contributes to academic
and social integration. This results from
positive experiences that increase:
 satisfaction with being a student at a given
institution
 confidence in one’s ability
 academic competence, and
 one’s understanding his/her educational,
career and life goals
Bean, 2005
We are all faced with a series of great
opportunities – brilliantly disguised as
unsolvable problems.
(John W. Gardner)
Promising Philosophical Perspectives
and Practices
 Advising as Teaching and Learning
 Collaborative Reflection and DecisionMaking—aka Assessment
 Advising to Optimize the Student
Experience
Advising as Teaching & Learning
Guides and Defines Our Roles as
Educators and Facilitators of Learning
 Learning is Individual and
Developmental
 Indicates a Knowledge Base that
Extends Beyond Information toward
Conceptual Understanding
 Student Learning and Development
 Career Development
 Others
Collaborative Reflection and
Decision-making for Improvement
(Also Known as “Assessment”)
What Do We Need to Know to Improve
 Student Learning?
 Advising Practice?
How Can We Build a Collegial,
Collaborative Approach to Reflection
for Improvement?
“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is
progress, and working together is success.
(Henry Ford)
Advising to Optimize the Student
Experience
1. Adopt a “Talent Development” Approach to
Advising
Know your students, meet students where they are
2. Make Advising a Tag Team Activity
Share responsibility, draw on many sources
3. Help Students Map Out a Path to Success
Teach campus culture, emphasize initiative, point to
programs that work
Advising to Optimize the Student
Experience
4. Make Every Interaction Meaningful
Connect early, imbed advising into FYP,
offer peer-mentoring programs
5. Focus on Culture Sooner Than Later
Emphasize culture & diversity in advisor hiring &
programming, identify cultural barriers in advising,
understand & promote cultural engagement for
students
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.
The last is to say thank you.
(Max DePree)
5. Questions for Contemplation and
Discussion
Questions
 How do you define student success? How do you
define retention? How does your campus define each
of these terms?
 The literature continues to support an important role for
academic advising in student success and retention. In
what ways is academic advising considered important
to your campus plan for student success and/or
retention? How might you add support to or make the
case for academic advising as a strategic initiative for
enhancing student success and/or retention?
Questions
 Consider the students and the student experience(s) on
your campus. How would you describe the nature of
that/those experience(s) on your campus and how
might academic advising be utilized to strengthen
that/those experience(s)? What are your ideas for
action?