The Utility of Liberal Education: Concepts and Arguments for Use in Academic Advising

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew M. Rust
Keyword(s):  
Academic Advising ◽  
Liberal Education ◽  
Conceptual Knowledge ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Academic Advisors ◽  
Practical Applications

Liberal education remains a mystery to many of the students enrolled in colleges and universities. Academic advisors, standing at the crossroads of the various curricular and cocurricular experiences that make up a student's liberal education, should be prepared to help students recognize the coherence of their education. This article provides advisors with conceptual knowledge and practical applications for guiding students toward an understanding and appreciation of liberal education. Specifically, I define liberal education and examine the goals associated with it, answer the critic who claims liberal education should not serve as a means to other ends, and provide five arguments for academic advisors to use in persuading students of the utility of liberal education.

Virtual Academic Advising in Challenging Times

2020 ◽  
pp. 184-196
Author(s):  
Georgina Argüello
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Academic Advising ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Academic Advisors ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Technology Tools ◽  
New Learning ◽  
Technology Applications ◽  
Definition Of

With the rapid shift to remote learning because of the pandemic, the academic advisors of colleges and universities had to adapt and change some of the ways they were advising the traditional higher education students. In this new normal, where social distance needs to be present and non-traditional education takes precedence in the learning environment, academic advisors had to rapidly adjust and use different technology tools of virtual advising. Over the past few years, colleges and universities that offer distance education programs have been struggling in engaging and retaining their non-traditional online learners. However, with the pandemic, these institutions may encounter the challenge of not only retaining the non-traditional students but also, the new distance learners. Therefore, academic advisors will need to use creative ways of providing advising services in this new learning environment. Many studies have demonstrated that virtual advising has been helpful to aid the distance education students. Virtual advising uses different technology applications and platforms. Using it correctly can help students and advisors with the registration cycles and with any other concerns the students may have. In this chapter, the author explains academic advising and the role of an advisor, the definition of virtual advising, the importance of combining the different approaches of academic advising into virtual advising, and the different technology tools that can assist academic advisors when doing their job of supporting the students in the new learning environment.

Advising the Law: Academic Advising in Law-Generating Institutions of Higher Education

NACADA Review ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-38
Author(s):  
William E. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Advising ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Academic Advisors ◽  
Institutional Rules ◽  
The Law ◽  
Legal Theorist

Academic advisors occupy an ethically fraught position in institutions of higher education and frequently have to traverse complex curricular issues. Legal theorist Lon L. Fuller's work provides advisors with new resources to ply some of these troubled curricular issues. By focusing on understanding colleges and universities as law-generating institutions, advisors can reshape how they think about the nature of their work so that, in a lawyer-like fashion, they can then subject the rules created by these institutions to Fuller's ethical standards. Analyzing such rules via Fuller's standards can help advisors to navigate better their often ethically fraught institutional position and aid them in advocating for rules that are fair to students and that maintain the integrity of institutional rules and decisions.

scholarly journals Ties That Bind: Academic Advisors as Agents of Student Relationship Management

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jörg Vianden
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Academic Advising ◽  
Critical Incident ◽  
Relationship Management ◽  
Critical Incident Technique ◽  
College Retention ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
Academic Advisors ◽  
Relationship Management Theory ◽  
Student Relationship

To affect college retention, academic advisors should act as agents of student relationship management by strengthening the connection between students and their institutions. Satisfaction and dissatisfaction with academic advising as perceived by 29 college students at 3 midwestern comprehensive institutions are described. Discussion is framed in the context of student relationship management theory and the critical incident technique. Recommendations for academic advising practice are offered.

Analysis of the Unionization of Academic Advisors

1990 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-40
Author(s):  
Richard H. Bee ◽  
Terry Ann Beronja ◽  
Genevra Mann
Keyword(s):  
Middle Management ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Student Population ◽  
Academic Advisors ◽  
State University ◽  
Professional Goals ◽  
Management Group ◽  
Professional Needs

Professionalladministrative personnel at colleges and universities must address not only the challenges of a changing student population but also their own personal and professional needs. The relatively small number in this “middle-management” group (e.g., academic advisors, career counselors, admissions counselors) has been a hindrance to its collective strength in obtaining economic, career, and professional goals. The professionalladministrative staff at Youngstown State University pursued an innovative course, unionization, in an attempt to achieve these desired goals. The question examined is whether unionization produced the outcomes these professionals had envisioned it would.

The Role of Professional Academic Advisors in Curriculum Development Grants

1990 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-34
Author(s):  
Martha McMillian ◽  
William A. Ivy
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum Development ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Academic Advising ◽  
National Science Foundation Grant ◽  
Academic Advisors ◽  
Orientation Course ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Science And Mathematics Teachers

Academic advisors can make important contributions in implementing curriculum development grants received by universities. Presented in case study form is the advising and orientation plan developed for a National Science Foundation grant to prepare future science and mathematics teachers. This plan discusses comprehensive recruitment strategies, a specially designed orientation course, off-campus retreats and field experiences, and academic advising and career counseling. The plan fostered a sense of community among students and faculty, as well as a commitment to the project. This contributed to the success of the project and could contribute to similar grants as well.

Solution-Focused Advising with the Undecided Student

2002 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Mayhall ◽  
James E. Burg
Keyword(s):  
Academic Advising ◽  
Goal Achievement ◽  
Academic Advisors ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Solution Focused ◽  
Solution Focused Therapy

Solution-focused advising integrates solution-focused therapy with academic advising. Solution-focused therapy is apsychotherapeutic method that emphasizes the importance of strengths and goal achievement overpathology. The model is based on the positive presuppositions that change is always occurring and that clients can promote change through small steps from a perceived problem toward a goal. Academic advisors can apply solution-focused therapy to students who are undecided about a career major. A definition of an undecided student is presented as well as case samples that demonstrate solution-focused techniques in advising.

Increasing Voluntary Student-Advisor Contacts

1998 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn A. Schnell
Keyword(s):  
North Dakota ◽  
Academic Advising ◽  
Student Participation ◽  
First Year ◽  
Academic Advisors ◽  
State University ◽  
Student Advisor ◽  
North Dakota State University ◽  
First Year Seminar

This study examines a method for increasing voluntary student participation in the academic advising process. During a first-year seminar required of all students entering North Dakota State University, advisor contacts were measured for students whose course instructors served as their academic advisors and compared them with those of students assigned to other advisors. Results indicated that students whose instructors also served as their academic advisors voluntar­ily attended advising sessions significantly more often than those who were assigned to advisors with whom they were unfamiliar.

Differences in Characteristics Preferred by College Students for Academic Advisors, Vocational Counselors, and Psychotherapists: A Preliminary Report

1982 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W. Somervill ◽  
Francisco X. Barrios ◽  
Richard M. Fleming ◽  
Todd C. Reiher ◽  
Nancy L. Fish
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Academic Advising ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Vocational Counseling ◽  
Academic Advisors ◽  
Academic Advisor ◽  
Male Experimenter ◽  
Female Subjects

144 college students rated an academic advisor, a vocational counselor, or a psychotherapist on 10 characteristics and subsequently rated each of the three types of counseling situations on how “personal” they perceived each to be. Sex of experimenter and sex of subject were varied systematically. Female subjects when tested by a male experimenter preferred a psychotherapist be more religious than an academic advisor or vocational counselor. Subjects viewed psychotherapy as a more personal situation than academic advising or vocational counseling.

scholarly journals The Effects of Academic Advising on Juniors and Seniors of English Department at Balkh University

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Sayed Mustafa Zewary
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Academic Advising ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Academic Development ◽  
English Department ◽  
Academic Advisors ◽  
Course Selection ◽  
Career Plans ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Students Success

Academic advising is the process between the students and academic advisors who exploring the value of a general education, reviewing the services and policies of the institution, discussing educational and career plans to make appropriate course selection goals for their students. Some studies have been conducted on academic advising and its effects on students’ academic development. Therefore, the present paper is an attempt to contribute the previous studies by presenting the factors that academic advising has an impact on students’ academic development. Thus, this paper will explore whether academic advising is efficient to the students or not. For this purpose, previous studies were reviewed, and the questionnaire was shaped. The participants were selected randomly who are the juniors and seniors (61% females and 39% males) of English Department at Balkh University. In the long run, the analysed data revealed that the functions of academic advising have impact on students’, success, development, educational outcomes, students’ satisfactions and students’ retention.

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