Over the years, the focus and taxonomy of advising have evolved.
Committed to putting the student at the center, the network ensures that institutions integrate the needs and aspirations of their students into redesign efforts and provide students a seamless educational experience.
Technology-Enabled Advising
- Technology as a silver bullet
- Increases use of predictive analytics in advising practices
Aligned Advising
- Advising promoted as an essential student success tool
- Campus leadership leverages advising to increase student retention and satisfaction
Integrated Student Support
- Advising is a critical element of the student success ecosystem
- Encourages collaboration across campus community
Holistic Advising
- Student-centered structures and processes
- Advising experience includes academic, career and basic needs
The Network
NASPA is the professional home for student affairs—a network of 15,000 professionals who share a passion for courageous practice, championing innovative programs and services, and centering students in evolution of higher education.
Recent Resources
Toolkit
Holistic Student Supports Toolkit (Achieving the Dream)
The Holistic Student Supports Toolkit, created by Achieving the Dream, provides evidence-based, practitioner tested tools, tips, and guides that help an institution from initial exploration of their needs through to successful evaluation and refinement.
Research
A Framework for Advising Reform
Based on research on iPASS and other advising redesign efforts, CCRC developed an evidence-based framework for advising redesign called SSIPP, which emphasizes a sustained, strategic, integrated, proactive, and personalized approach to advising.
Recent Posts
A Letter to Advisors from an Advising Administrator
Published: March 26, 2020
A letter from one advising administrator to her staff in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Reposted with the author’s permission.
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