Academic Advising: A Comprehensive Handbook, 2nd Edition

by Editor: Virginia N. Gordon; Editor: Wesley R. Habley; Editor: Thomas J. Grites

• ISBN13: 9780470614761
• ISBN10: 0470614765
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-11-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

One of the challenges in higher education is helping students to achieve academic success while ensuring their personal and vocational needs are fulfilled. In this updated edition more than thirty experts offer their knowledge in what has become the most comprehensive, classic reference on academic advising. They explore the critical aspects of academic advising and provide insights for full-time advisors, counselors, and those who oversee student advising or have daily contact with advisors and students. New chapters on advising administration and collaboration with other campus services A new section on perspectives on advising including those of CEOs, CAOs (chief academic officers), and CSAOs (chief student affairs officers) More emphasis on two-year colleges and the importance of research to the future of academic advising New case studies demonstrate how advising practices have been put to use.

Table of Contents

Preface

Foreword

The Authors

Foundations of Academic Advising

Introduction

Historical Foundations of Academic Advising

Theoretical Foundations of Academic Advising

Ethical Foundations of Academic Advising

Legal Foundations of Academic Advising

Advising for Student Success

Advising as Teaching and Learning

Advising for Career and Life Planning

Student Diversity and Student Needs

The Changing College Student

Moving into College

Moving through College

Moving on from College

Students with Specifi c Advising Needs

Advising Students of Color and International Students

Organization and Delivery of Advising Services

Vision, Mission, Goals, and Program Objectives for Academic Advising Programs

Organization of Academic Advising Services

Advising Delivery: Faculty Advising

Advising Delivery: Professional Advisors, Counselors, and Other Staff

Advising Delivery: Group Strategies

Advising Delivery: Using Technology

Training, Assessment, Recognition, and Reward

Introduction

Critical Concepts in Advisor Training and Development

Tools and Resources for Advisors

Delivering One-to-One Advising: Skills and Competencies

Assessing Student Learning

Assessing Advisor Effectiveness

Assessing the Effectiveness of the Advising Program

Recognition and Reward for Academic Advising in Theory and in Practice

Perspectives on Advising

Introduction

Campus Administrator Perspectives on Advising

Advising Administrator Perspectives on Advising

Perspectives on the Future of Academic Advising

Exemplary Practices in Academic Advising

National Academic Advising Association

Concept of Academic Advising

The Statement of Core Values of Academic Advising

Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education Standards and Guidelines for Academic Advising

Name Index

Subject Index

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