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Learn Our Journey #experiencematters: How a Campus Changed Its Advising Approach

Discover how a campus changed its advising approach, emphasizing early intervention and continuous support to enhance student success and retention. Join us on our journey of transformation.#experiencematters

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Learn Our Journey #experiencematters: How a Campus Changed Its Advising Approach

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  1. Learn Our Journey #experiencematters: How a Campus Changed Its Advising Approach Julie Rowe, jarowe@k-state.edu Alyssa Mustard, mustard22@k-state.edu

  2. Who are we? Julie Rowe Academic Advisor, Career Services, & Faculty Alyssa Mustard Academic Advisor & Accommodations

  3. Kansas State University-Polytechnic • Student population 682 • 493 male; 189 female • 538 Kansas Residents; 119 Out-of-State; 25 International • First Generation: 43% • Non-Traditional: 36.5%

  4. Programs • Aviation • Professional Pilot • Airport Management • Aviation Maintenance Management • Unmanned Aircraft Systems • Engineering Technology • Computer Systems • Digital Media • Electronic & Computer Engineering • Web Development • Unmanned Aircraft Systems • iCAP • Family Studies & Human Services • Social Work • Technology Management • Undecided/Exploratory

  5. Who are you?

  6. Academic Advising?

  7. Academic Advising Defined by NACADA • “Through academic advising, students learn to become members of their higher education community, to think critically about their roles and responsibilities as students, and to prepare to be educated citizens of a democratic society and a global community. Academic Advising engages students beyond their own worldviews, while acknowledging their individual characteristics, values, and motivations as they enter, move through, and exit the institution. Regardless of the diversity of our institutions, our students, our advisors, and our organizational structures, academic advising has components: curriculum (what advising deals with), pedagogy (how advising does what it does), and student learning outcomes (the result of academic advising” (NACADA 2006a, paragraph 7).

  8. “Through academic advising, students learn to become members of their higher education community, to think critically about their roles and responsibilities as students, and to prepare to be educated citizens of a democratic society and a global community. Academic Advising engages students beyond their own worldviews, while acknowledging their individual characteristics, values, and motivations as they enter, move through, and exit the institution. Regardless of the diversity of our institutions, our students, our advisors, and our organizational structures, academic advising has components: curriculum (what advising deals with), pedagogy (how advising does what it does), and student learning outcomes (the result of academic advising” (NACADA 2006a, paragraph 7).

  9. Academic Advising Mission Academic advisors and students working together to successfully navigate college by developing strategies for achieving students’ academic, career, and personal goals.

  10. Early & Often • Creamer & Creamer (1994) Early and continuous intervention with student. • Gordon, Habley, Grites, & Associates (2008) Student populations that may need routine, intrusive, continuous follow-up should consider professional staff. (p. 271). • Gordon, Habley, Grites & Associates (2008) Trained advisors who have advising as a priority, house in a central location and accessibility (p. 245).

  11. Retention • Relation between advising and retention has yet to be established. “A strong case can be made that academic advising exerts a significant impact on student retention through its positive association with, and mediation of, variables that are strongly correlated with student persistence, namely, (1) student satisfaction with the college experience, (2) effective educational and career planning and decision making, (3) student utilization of campus support services, (4) student-faculty contact outside the classroom, and (5) student mentoring” (Cuseo, 2003).

  12. The Execution & Take-Away for YOU The Tools & Conversations

  13. Conversations • Advising Syllabus-Year to Year • Student of Concern • Plan for Success Students • Students on Warning • Goals for students

  14. Noel Levitz Survey • 2015 (1 year after professional advising) • #1 strength for the campus: “My academic advisor is knowledgeable about the requirements in my major” • Academic Advising was rated 4 times out of 9 strengths for the campus • Student Survey Strengths & Challenges • Student Survey Higher Satisfaction vs. National 4-year public • Faculty & Staff Survey Strengths & Challenges • Faculty & Staff Higher Satisfaction vs. National 4-year public • Warning & Dismissals • Warnings Decreased 2.64% • Dismissals Decreased .95%

  15. How early and often has helped us? • 2005-2013 • Retention ranged 57.33%-72.55% • 2014 • Retention 72.5% • 2015 • Retention 72%

  16. Think, Pair, Share

  17. Learn Our Journey #experiencematters: How a Campus Changed Its Advising Approach Julie Rowe, jarowe@k-state.edu Alyssa Mustard, mustard22@k-state.edu

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