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COLLEGE OF ARTS & HUMANITIESCOLLEGE OF LANGUAGES, LINGUISTICS & LITERATURE

HAumanities

dvising

… a vision

Center for

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 InitiativeNACADA: 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

1. Integration of advising services2. Access to advising & easing

transitions3. Student development4. Assessment

Retention & Graduation:

1. Integrate advising services

Training & Guiding QuestionsPipeline Integration

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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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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

• Planning• Decision making• To explore & engage• To seek understanding, meaning, &

connections• Self-reflection/-evaluation/-assessment

Advising teaches students:

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

• Decision making & problem solving• Finding meaning & connections• Setting & achieving goals• Self-reflection & -evaluation

– Major advisors = connecting to a field• Mentoring & joining the academic community• Setting & achieving standards• Opportunities on & off campus• Career opportunities & transitions

4. Assessment

Increasing Retention & Graduation:

IntegrationAccessStudent developmentAssessment

COLLEGE OF ARTS & HUMANITIESCOLLEGE OF LANGUAGES, LINGUISTICS & LITERATURE

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