Advising the Millennial Generation

2003 ◽  
Vol 23 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 30-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Keeling
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Advising ◽  
Millennial Generation ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Academic Advisors ◽  
History Of

In Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069 (1991), William Strauss and Neil Howe articulated their idea of generations. In Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation 2000, they expanded significantly on the Millennial generation. The first wave of Millennials hit college campuses in the fall of 2000. These students will leave their mark on higher education and academic advising. Academic advisors aware of generational patterns and tendencies will be more effective when working with students. In this article, I discuss the concept of generations, define the Millennial generation, discuss this generation's impact on academic advising, and propose some recommendations.

scholarly journals PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE HISTORY OF ACADEMIC ADVISING

1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harvey W. Wall
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Advising ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Present Status ◽  
State University ◽  
Professional Experiences ◽  
Advanced Students ◽  
Penn State ◽  
History Of ◽  
Type Of Institution

The JOURNAL continues its series on the development of academic advising in higher education with the second installment of an interview with Dr. Harvey Wall, who began his career in clinical psychology in the early 1950s. In March 1986, Dr. Wall retired from his position as director of the Division of Undergraduate Studies (DUS), an advising unit at Penn State University that enrolls freshmen and sophomores exploring a variety of majors and advanced students seeking advising assistance with changes in their academic plans. Dr. Wall was the first director of DUS, which started in 1973 with 800 students. It now enrolls 4,000. In many ways Dr. Wall's professional experiences parallel the development of academic advising nationwide. For those new to advising, Dr. Wall's remembrances of things past, although personal and local, should provide powerful insights into the present status and procedures of advising, regardless of location or type of institution.

Important Events in the Development of Academic Advising in the United States

2009 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 18-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Cook
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Academic Advising ◽  
The United States ◽  
History Of Higher Education ◽  
Faculty Roles ◽  
Student Personnel ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Millennium

The development of academic advising parallels the history of higher education and reflects decades of student personnel work. Changes in funding, curricula, students, and faculty roles have all affected the means by which students have been advised. The evolution of advising eventually led to the formation of NACADA in 1979. Since 2001, when I last documented the history of academic advising in the Mentor, I have expanded the benchmark information and references. I also added key advising events in the new millennium.

scholarly journals Academic Advisors' Learning Styles: Establishing a Baseline and Examining Implications

2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-57
Author(s):  
Kim S. Uhlik ◽  
Pamela E. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Academic Advising ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Academic Advisors ◽  
Research Practice

The influence of students' learning styles has been increasingly recognized as an integral component of effective higher education; therefore, application of learning styles to academic advising is equally relevant. As academic advisors address student learning styles in the hope of promoting greater student success, the contribution of advisors' own learning styles has received little attention. In addition to establishing a critical baseline, analyzing the learning style profiles of 30 academic advisors reveals that, although composite advisor learning style scores show substantial congruence with an a priori model, the disparity between any two individual advisor's contrasting styles was as much as 90%, leaving only a 10% learning style compatibility on which to base the advising process. Relative Emphasis: research, practice, theory

scholarly journals PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE HISTORY OF ACADEMIC ADVISING

1987 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-63
Author(s):  
Harvey W. Wall
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Advising ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Present Status ◽  
State University ◽  
Professional Experiences ◽  
Advanced Students ◽  
Penn State ◽  
History Of ◽  
Type Of Institution

With Volume 7, Number 2, the JOURNAL presents the first in a series of interviews focusing on the development of academic advising in higher education. The first installment of an interview with Dr. Harvey Wall, who began his career in clinical psychology in the early 1950s, introduces the series. In March 1986, Dr. Wall retired from his position as director of the Division of Undergraduate Studies (DUS), an advising unit at Penn State University that enrolls freshmen and sophomores exploring a variety of majors and advanced students needing advising assistance with changes in their academic plans. Dr. Wall was the first director of DUS, which started in 1973 with 800 students. It now enrolls 4,000. In many ways Dr. Wall's professional experiences parallel the development of academic advising nationwide. For those new to advising, Dr. Wall's remembrances of things past, although personal and local, should provide powerful insights into the present status and procedures of advising, regardless of location or type of institution.

Multicultural Advising

2020 ◽  
pp. 127-141
Author(s):  
Chloe Robinson ◽  
Tomicka N. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Advising ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Diverse Student Body ◽  
Diverse Student ◽  
Core Components

Since the cultural landscape of most higher education institutions is changing, it is paramount that colleges and universities make a concerted effort to connect with students from various backgrounds. The academic advising department could be the catalyst for change for many institutions of higher learning when seeking to support a diverse student body. Despite an increase in enrollment of students from various backgrounds on many college campuses, various challenges remain when attempting to advise and mentor diverse student populations. This chapter will examine some of the demographical changes taking place on college campuses across the U.S., the importance of multicultural advising and core components of this approach. Finally, the ways in which multicultural advising can be implemented within higher education will be examined.

Book Review: Student Affairs Practice in Higher Education, 2nd Edition

NASPA Journal ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deanna S. Forney
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Academic Advising ◽  
Residence Halls ◽  
Judicial Affairs ◽  
Student Activities ◽  
History Of ◽  
Functional Areas ◽  
Multicultural Affairs

This new edition of "Student Affairs Practice in Higher Education" by Audrey Rentz and Associates focuses on "the evolution of student affairs and its practice" (p. ix). An updated version of a work originally published in 1988 and edited by Rentz and Saddlemire, this edition contains eleven chapters that describe specific student affairs functional areas: admissions and enrollment management, academic advising, career services, counseling, discipline and judicial affairs, multicultural affairs, orientation, residence halls, student activities, student financial aid, and student health. In addition, two introductory chapters present, respectively, "the philosophical heritage of student affairs" (p. 3) and a history of the field. Rentz identifies two target audiences for this information: students in student affairs graduate programs and experiences professionals.

Big Brother Goes to School

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 162-183
Author(s):  
Ryan Jenkins ◽  
Zachary I. Rentz ◽  
Keith Abney ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Big Brother ◽  
Ethical Guidance ◽  
History Of ◽  
Faculty And Staff

Few sectors are more affected by COVID-19 than higher education. There is growing recognition that reopening the densely populated communities of higher education will require surveillance technologies, but many of these technologies pose threats to the privacy of the very students, faculty, and staff they are meant to protect. The authors have a history of working with our institution’s governing bodies to provide ethical guidance on the use of technologies, especially including those with significant implications for privacy. Here, we draw on that experience to provide guidelines for using surveillance technologies to reopen college campuses safely and responsibly, even under the specter of covid. We aim to generalize our recommendations, so they are sensitive to the practical realities and constraints that universities face.

scholarly journals Academic Advisors and Their Diverse Advisees: Towards More Ethical Global Universities

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 944-962 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuko Ikegami Lee ◽  
Amy Metcalfe
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Students ◽  
Academic Advising ◽  
Academic Advisors ◽  
Job Descriptions ◽  
Canadian Higher Education ◽  
Job Candidates ◽  
Job Postings ◽  
Internationalization In Higher Education ◽  
Comparative Content

In this comparative content analysis, job postings for academic advising personnel from U.S. and Canadian higher education institutions were examined to ascertain expectations for job candidates in terms of skills and duties, educational requirements, and compensation. Fifty-three job descriptions from 18 research-intensive, public universities were collected for this study. The findings show that institutions expect academic advisors to be multitalented and skilled professionals, but that calls for experience working with international students are limited, despite the rising importance of internationalization in higher education.

scholarly journals Virginia Gordon: Developing Academic Advisors Through Theory-Based Intentional Training

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melinda L. McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Academic Advising ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Student Population ◽  
Ohio State University ◽  
Academic Advisors ◽  
State University ◽  
University College ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Ohio State University

Virginia Gordon contributed considerable and comprehensive work in the field of academic advising, including writings on topics ranging from the history of academic advising to her groundbreaking research on the undecided student population. Her model for training and developing new academic advisors stood out as exemplary. This article focuses on Gordon's theory-based, intentional approach to the training and development of new academic advisors in what was then University College at The Ohio State University and the influence she had on those she trained and taught.

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