Faculty Advising

This proposed instructional unit is suggested as a formalized process for faculty to initiate contact with advisees with the goal of meeting face-to-face or in an online meeting for an advising appointment.

This paper addresses mandates to fix the advising process with a focus on faculty advising systems. Measures of student success and satisfaction, administrative issues, and faculty concerns are among the many factors discussed. Regression analysis is used to explore long-voiced faculty complaints that students do not follow advice. A case study is used to illustrate changes in one department's advising process and measures of student satisfaction are reported. A model of advising components is offered to illustrate practices suggested to realize the full potential of the advising process.

This article describes how faculty advising can have a significant positive impact on student achievement and discussed faculty development approaches that can support faculty in becoming more effective academic advisors.

This article describes the implementation of a program undergirded by the theme of faculty and staff supports that physically brings advising to the point of instruction.

This paper explored the relationship between faculty academic advising and college student development by examining factors such as a student’s academic success, including grade point average, campus involvement, expected graduation date, and job placement upon graduation.

The article reports on the effective counseling practice which attempts to influence student learning process and its success by the University of Wisconsin. The practice provides a framework for academic departments, colleges and the advising center.

This article builds on our earlier work in which we began exploring the implications of a learning paradigm for academic advising

The article offers the author's opinions on the role of early warning systems in preventing Black males from dropping out of community colleges in the U.S. He addresses retention rates, the underpreparation of Black males, and the socioeconomic factors that lead Black males to drop out of higher education programs. Other topics include the role of career counseling and alert systems in improving success rates for Black male college students.

Early warning systems offer a way to use available data to identify students at risk and drive targeted interventions that help them get back on track.