Transcript SEC Presentation by Robert Bley-Vroman, Dean

COLLEGE OF ARTS & HUMANITIES
COLLEGE OF LANGUAGES, LINGUISTICS & LITERATURE
Center for
Humanities
A dvising
… a vision
Mission
“Within the context of a
liberal arts education, our
advisors assist students in
clarifying their life and
career goals, developing meaningful
educational plans, and preparing for
productive lives, enlightened citizenship, and
life-long learning.”
Council for the Advancement of Standards
in Higher Education: Academic Advising
• Role of Advising
• Responsibilities
• Core Values
• Learning Outcomes
• Curriculum
• Pedagogy
AAC&U: LEAP Initiative
NACADA: the National Academic Advising Association
UHM’s Institutional
Learning Outcomes
Advising:
• Helps students understand and construe meaning
in their academic journeys;
• Connects students to resources and
opportunities;
• Teaches students self-reflection/assessment;
• Helps students plan, persist, & graduate.
Our Objectives
Retention & Graduation:
1. Integration of advising services
2. Access to advising & easing
transitions
3. Student development
4. Assessment
1. Integrate advising services
Training & Guiding Questions
Pipeline Integration
Structure
Space
1. Integrate: The 12 Questions
“Advising is teaching that takes place within a relationship.”
How do you
... welcome new majors and create/promote a sense of belonging?
... promote students’ independence and responsibility in managing their
education?
... foster personal relationships with students and provide faculty mentoring?
... track students’ progress?
... celebrate their successes?
... discuss the value of a liberal arts education, career options, and life goals?
... handle at-risk (falling grades, probation, lack of progress, etc.) students?
... transition students out of your major?
... prepare students for transitioning into the post-baccalaureate world?
... conduct exit surveys?
... graduate your students?
... assess your department’s advising?
1. Integrate: The Pipeline
• Pipeline Integration
– Recruitment
– NSO & Welcome to College
– RLPs & LCs
– Sophomore Experience
– College/department
collaboration
– Connection to opportunities
– Career services
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Residential Learning Programs ◊ Learning Communities
Sophomore Experience ◊ Internships ◊ Honors…
Recruitment ◊ New Student Orientation
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1. Integrate: Structure
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1. Integrate: Structure
PAC
NSO
RLPs
StAbr
/NSE/
MIX
Honors
MTCC
Soph
Exper
CHA
LCs
MAC
ADM
/REC
KOKUA
NSO
SEED
LAC
Career
Services
QLC
2. Access & Transitions: Systems
• PaperLite to Paperless
– File inventory:
• Ac record
• Advising notes & petitions
• Workflow
• eConnections & easing crunch times
• Mandatory Academic Planning
• Staggered mandatory advising & holds
3. Student Development
Advising
teaches students:
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Planning
Decision making
To explore & engage
To seek understanding, meaning, &
connections
• Self-reflection/-evaluation/-assessment
3. Student Development
• Tiered services:
– MPAs = connecting to campus
• Learning GenEd & creating plans
• Navigating the system
• Exploring & getting involved
– Graduate Advisor Assistants &
– Prof’l advisors = connecting to life
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Decision making & problem solving
Finding meaning & connections
Setting & achieving goals
Self-reflection & -evaluation
– Major advisors = connecting to a field
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Mentoring & joining the academic community
Setting & achieving standards
Opportunities on & off campus
Career opportunities & transitions
4. Assessment
Increasing Retention & Graduation:
Integration
Access
Student development
Assessment
COLLEGE OF ARTS & HUMANITIES
COLLEGE OF LANGUAGES, LINGUISTICS & LITERATURE
Center for
Humanities
A dvising
… moving forward