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Academic Advising at Miami University. Setting the Context Dr. Susan Mosley-Howard Associate Vice President-Dean of Students Associate Professor-Educational Psychology. What’s the context?. Missions at all levels of the university focus on student learning and development
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Academic Advising at Miami University Setting the Context Dr. Susan Mosley-Howard Associate Vice President-Dean of Students Associate Professor-Educational Psychology
What’s the context? • Missions at all levels of the university focus on student learning and development • Knowledge, critical thinking, liberal education • Synergy between student affairs and academic affairs
Theories to Inform our Thinking • Developmental • Perry • Chickering • Erikson • Constructivists (Piaget) • Baxter-Magolda
Advising Theories • Developmental • Prescriptive • Engagement-Praxis
Keep in mind: Student/Outcomes • Student success: self knowledge, matriculation, graduation, retention, prepare for transition to division • Stage of development • Millennial attributes • Achieve liberal education principles as learners (e.g., critical thinking, perspective taking, engaging with others)
Advising Effectiveness (satisfaction) • Advising approval 52% compared to 58% at public universities (YFCY, 2002) • Advising approval 50% compared to 58% at public universities (YFCY, 2004)
Select Tips • Advise for the future (teach along the way) • Individualize (remember special needs) • Development, Development, Development • Remember the theories • They just came from high school (first-year adjustment reaction syndrome) • Remember the larger context-use resources
New Resource • MyMiami Advisor Web page
Researcher & Student Voices • Crookston • Hemwall & Trachte • Yarbrough • Tinto • Creamer • McKeachie • MU Students via CIRP, YFCY and NSSE