Academic Advising Mission and Goals:
MISSION
- Foster an advisor/student relationship
- Encourage student growth and development
- Improve student retention rate
- Collaborate with campus
- Continually improve advisor skills
- Create a supportive nurturing advisor team
GOALS
Foster an Advisor/Student Relationship
- Constantly seek to improve the effectiveness of the advising session-nurture the advisor/student relationship, give accurate information, assist with major exploration and share resource and referral information
- Increase individual and mass contact with advisees
Encourage Student Growth and Development
- Increase percentage of students who make informed, realistic decisions about a major
- Offer and discuss alternatives to encourage personal decision making
- Assist students in developing a plan of action
- Educate students about requirements
- Encourage utilization of other resources
- Be a positive role model
Improve Retention Rate of Students
- Meet with all probation students and place advising codes on probation students
- Develop a targeted, web-based program for probation students
Improve Advisor Skills
- Expand training and professional development opportunities
- Identify and share advising strategies/information at advisor meetings
Campus Collaboration
- Continue to increase communication and programming with departments, services and key advisors
- Be a student advocate
Create a Supportive Nurturing Advisor Team
- Communicate directly
- Appreciate different work styles
- Increase quality time with each other