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Book Synopsis
One of the challenges in higher education is helping students to achieve academic success while ensuring their personal and vocational needs are fulfilled. In this updated edition more than thirty experts offer their knowledge in what has become the most comprehensive, classic reference on academic advising. They explore the critical aspects of academic advising and provide insights for full-time advisors, counselors, and those who oversee student advising or have daily contact with advisors and students.
  • New chapters on advising administration and collaboration with other campus services
  • A new section on perspectives on advising including those of CEOs, CAOs (chief academic officers), and CSAOs (chief student affairs officers)
  • More emphasis on two-year colleges and the importance of research to the future of academic advising
  • New case studies demonstrate howadvising practices have been put to use.


    Table of Contents

    Preface ix

    Foreword xi

    The Authors xiii

    PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF ACADEMIC ADVISING 1

    Introduction 1
    Thomas J. Grites

    1. Historical Foundations of Academic Advising 3
    Terry L. Kuhn

    2. Theoretical Foundations of Academic Advising 17
    Peter L. Hagen and Peggy Jordan

    3. Ethical Foundations of Academic Advising 36
    Marc Lowenstein

    4. Legal Foundations of Academic Advising 50
    Mary M. Richard

    5. Advising for Student Success 68
    George D. Kuh

    6. Advising as Teaching and Learning 85
    Drew C. Appleby

    7. Advising for Career and Life Planning 103
    Paul A. Gore, Jr., and A. J. Metz

    PART TWO: STUDENT DIVERSITY AND STUDENT NEEDS 119
    Virginia N. Gordon

    8. The Changing College Student 123
    Kirsten Kennedy and Jennifer Crissman Ishler

    9. Moving into College 142
    Mary Stuart Hunter and Leah Kendall

    10. Moving through College 157
    George E. Steele and Melinda L. McDonald

    11. Moving on from College 178
    Jennifer Bloom

    12. Students with Specifi c Advising Needs 189
    Blane Harding

    13. Advising Students of Color and International Students 204
    Evette Castillo Clark and Jane Kalionzes

    PART THREE: ORGANIZATION AND DELIVERY OF ADVISING SERVICES 227
    Wesley R. Habley

    14. Vision, Mission, Goals, and Program Objectives for Academic Advising Programs 229
    Susan M. Campbell

    15. Organization of Academic Advising Services 242
    Margaret C. King

    16. Advising Delivery: Faculty Advising 253
    Martha K. Hemwall

    17. Advising Delivery: Professional Advisors, Counselors, and Other Staff 267
    Casey Self

    18. Advising Delivery: Group Strategies 279
    Nancy S. King

    19. Advising Delivery: Using Technology 292
    Michael J. Leonard

    PART FOUR: TRAINING, ASSESSMENT, RECOGNITION, AND REWARD 307

    Introduction 307
    Wesley R. Habley

    20. Critical Concepts in Advisor Training and Development 309
    Thomas Brown

    21. Tools and Resources for Advisors 323
    Pat Folsom

    22. Delivering One-to-One Advising: Skills and Competencies 342
    Rusty Fox

    23. Assessing Student Learning 356
    John H. Schuh

    24. Assessing Advisor Effectiveness 369
    Joe Cuseo

    25. Assessing the Effectiveness of the Advising Program 386
    Wendy G. Troxel

    26. Recognition and Reward for Academic Advising in Theory and in Practice 396
    Jayne K. Drake

    PART FIVE: PERSPECTIVES ON ADVISING 413

    Introduction 413
    Thomas J. Grites

    27. Campus Administrator Perspectives on Advising 415
    James E. Bultman, Faye N. Vowell, Jocelyn Y. Harney, and John Smarrelli with Susan Ames

    28. Advising Administrator Perspectives on Advising 438
    Kathy J. Davis, Dick Vallandingham, and Philip D. Christman

    29. Perspectives on the Future of Academic Advising 456
    Thomas J. Grites, Virginia N. Gordon, and Wesley R. Habley

    PART SIX: EXEMPLARY PRACTICES IN ACADEMIC ADVISING 473
    Virginia N. Gordon

    Appendix A. National Academic Advising Association 521

    Concept of Academic Advising 523

    Appendix B. The Statement of Core Values of Academic Advising 525

    Appendix C. Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education Standards and Guidelines for Academic Advising 533

    Name Index 547

    Subject Index 555

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: 24/10/2008
      ISBN13: 9780470371701, 978-0470371701
      ISBN10: 0470371706
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      One of the challenges in higher education is helping students to achieve academic success while ensuring their personal and vocational needs are fulfilled. In this updated edition more than thirty experts offer their knowledge in what has become the most comprehensive, classic reference on academic advising. They explore the critical aspects of academic advising and provide insights for full-time advisors, counselors, and those who oversee student advising or have daily contact with advisors and students.
      • New chapters on advising administration and collaboration with other campus services
      • A new section on perspectives on advising including those of CEOs, CAOs (chief academic officers), and CSAOs (chief student affairs officers)
      • More emphasis on two-year colleges and the importance of research to the future of academic advising
      • New case studies demonstrate howadvising practices have been put to use.


        Table of Contents

        Preface ix

        Foreword xi

        The Authors xiii

        PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF ACADEMIC ADVISING 1

        Introduction 1
        Thomas J. Grites

        1. Historical Foundations of Academic Advising 3
        Terry L. Kuhn

        2. Theoretical Foundations of Academic Advising 17
        Peter L. Hagen and Peggy Jordan

        3. Ethical Foundations of Academic Advising 36
        Marc Lowenstein

        4. Legal Foundations of Academic Advising 50
        Mary M. Richard

        5. Advising for Student Success 68
        George D. Kuh

        6. Advising as Teaching and Learning 85
        Drew C. Appleby

        7. Advising for Career and Life Planning 103
        Paul A. Gore, Jr., and A. J. Metz

        PART TWO: STUDENT DIVERSITY AND STUDENT NEEDS 119
        Virginia N. Gordon

        8. The Changing College Student 123
        Kirsten Kennedy and Jennifer Crissman Ishler

        9. Moving into College 142
        Mary Stuart Hunter and Leah Kendall

        10. Moving through College 157
        George E. Steele and Melinda L. McDonald

        11. Moving on from College 178
        Jennifer Bloom

        12. Students with Specifi c Advising Needs 189
        Blane Harding

        13. Advising Students of Color and International Students 204
        Evette Castillo Clark and Jane Kalionzes

        PART THREE: ORGANIZATION AND DELIVERY OF ADVISING SERVICES 227
        Wesley R. Habley

        14. Vision, Mission, Goals, and Program Objectives for Academic Advising Programs 229
        Susan M. Campbell

        15. Organization of Academic Advising Services 242
        Margaret C. King

        16. Advising Delivery: Faculty Advising 253
        Martha K. Hemwall

        17. Advising Delivery: Professional Advisors, Counselors, and Other Staff 267
        Casey Self

        18. Advising Delivery: Group Strategies 279
        Nancy S. King

        19. Advising Delivery: Using Technology 292
        Michael J. Leonard

        PART FOUR: TRAINING, ASSESSMENT, RECOGNITION, AND REWARD 307

        Introduction 307
        Wesley R. Habley

        20. Critical Concepts in Advisor Training and Development 309
        Thomas Brown

        21. Tools and Resources for Advisors 323
        Pat Folsom

        22. Delivering One-to-One Advising: Skills and Competencies 342
        Rusty Fox

        23. Assessing Student Learning 356
        John H. Schuh

        24. Assessing Advisor Effectiveness 369
        Joe Cuseo

        25. Assessing the Effectiveness of the Advising Program 386
        Wendy G. Troxel

        26. Recognition and Reward for Academic Advising in Theory and in Practice 396
        Jayne K. Drake

        PART FIVE: PERSPECTIVES ON ADVISING 413

        Introduction 413
        Thomas J. Grites

        27. Campus Administrator Perspectives on Advising 415
        James E. Bultman, Faye N. Vowell, Jocelyn Y. Harney, and John Smarrelli with Susan Ames

        28. Advising Administrator Perspectives on Advising 438
        Kathy J. Davis, Dick Vallandingham, and Philip D. Christman

        29. Perspectives on the Future of Academic Advising 456
        Thomas J. Grites, Virginia N. Gordon, and Wesley R. Habley

        PART SIX: EXEMPLARY PRACTICES IN ACADEMIC ADVISING 473
        Virginia N. Gordon

        Appendix A. National Academic Advising Association 521

        Concept of Academic Advising 523

        Appendix B. The Statement of Core Values of Academic Advising 525

        Appendix C. Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education Standards and Guidelines for Academic Advising 533

        Name Index 547

        Subject Index 555

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