Academic Advising

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Academic Advising

• Faculty Focus
• Strategic Study Group

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Members of the SSG on Academic Advising Faculty
Focus

• Ms. Patricia Diebold
• Dr. Denise Finazzo, Chair
• Dr. Donna Hixon
• Dr. Bridget Jeffery
• Dr. Jerra Jenrette
• Ms. Judith Kubeja
• Dr. Cynthia Legin-Bucell
• Dr. Mary Jo Melvin
• Dr. Susan Packard
• Dr. Barbara Rahal

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Guidance Team

• Ms. Patricia Hillman
• Dr. Denise Ohler
• Mr. Bruce Skolnick

Quality Advisor
Dr. Erinn Lake
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The issue

• ISSUE STATEMENT
• SSG Advising - Team B
• Improve the quality, depth and consistency in
  advising (first year through graduation) focusing
  on advising loads,
• advisor training (attendance) and
• advisor expectations and assessment.

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Formulating the improvement statement

• Sharing of current practices
• Defining terms
• Determining direction
• Recognizing limitations
• Developing the fishbone
• Moving forward

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IMPROVEMENT STATEMENT

• Define the process of undergraduate academic
  advising from a faculty perspective
• to improve institutional awareness of current
  practices and
• the potential for enhancements to the process.

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Obtaining Baseline Data Chronology of review

• Reflecting the culture of advising on
  Edinboros campus
• Creating a fishbone graphic
• Reviewing internal and external data

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Internal and External Data

• Selected Faculty Advising Handbooks, websites,
  formats, and forms - (reviewed and discussed)
• Senate Sub Committee Survey- spring 2006
  (reviewed and discussed)
• Noel Levitz Consulting reports from fall 2006
  (provided but only briefly discussed)

• Foundations of Academic Advising (after review of
  various definitions, general agreement on
  definition from a variety of professional
  sources)
• Definition (Crockett, 1984) (reviewed and
  discussed)
• Changing Views Toward Advising (Knowles, 1960
  Darling King, 2005) (reviewed and discussed)

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Internal and External Data contd.

• Ultimate Goals of Academic Advising (King
  Darling, 2005) (reviewed and discussed)
• Advising Roles and Responsibilities (adapted from
  Undeclared Advisement Guide, 2006) (reviewed and
  discussed)
• Importance of Advising (Light, 2001) (reviewed
  and discussed)

• SSG Academic Advising Reports 2001 (reviewed)
• Framework for Faculty Development and Training
  Workshops (Davis, 2003) and local adaptation
  (Skolnick, 2007) (reviewed)
• Master Advisor Program (Missouri State
  University Skolnick Poster Session ) (reviewed
  and discussed)

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Internal and External Data contd.

• External Websites that focused on Advising (made
  available and reviewed)
• Contract language, promotions and evaluations,
  relative to advising we would like to start
  dialogue with APSCUF leadership (reviewed and
  discussed)
• Flowchart of Assessment in Academic Advising
  (Darling, 2005) (reviewed and discussed)

• Communication process of curriculum changes
  (e.g., new course, course changes, prerequisites,
  etc.) (reviewed and discussed)
• Preliminary development of survey instrument
  after review of several internal and external
  instruments (reviewed and discussed)

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The Fishbone Analysis the driving force for
discussion, data gathering, and conclusions.
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Conclusion

• Based on a preliminary review of
• selected available data relevant to
• advising, we acknowledge that
• advising is complex and one size
• does not fit all. We recommend the
• creation of a task force on advising
• from a faculty perspective to engage
• in dialogue with students, APSCUF,
• management, and the larger faculty
• to determine best practices,
• implement, and conduct ongoing
• assessment.

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RECOMMENDATIONS

• Appoint an on-going Task Force on Academic
  Advising (2 year term)
• The task force will be charged with the planning
  and implementing a Flowchart of Assessment in
  Academic Advising

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RECOMMENDATIONS contd.

• Membership of the Task Force would include
• - all the current members of the Strategic
  Study Group on Academic Advising Faculty
  Perspectives
• - representation from the Strategic Study
  Group on Academic Advising Student
  Perspectives
• - plus three new student members
  (undergraduate, graduate, nontraditional)
• - one APSCUF leadership representative.

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Implementing the recommendation
Finalize the survey instrument
Establish the Task Force
Share with Dept. Chairs, Program Heads
Share with APSCUF
The Flowchart of Assessment
Planning
Task Force on Advising Faculty Perspective
Implementation
Master Advisement Program
Explore Implementation
Assess Faculty Perceptions
Complete Final Report
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Special thanks

• To four graduate students who provided
  assistance Cherie DuBois
• Amy Eldridge
• Andrea Jermaine
• Audrey Waid