Academic advising is the second most important function in the community college. If it is not conducted with the utmost efficiency and effectiveness, the most important function in the college-instruction-will fail to achieve its purpose of ensuring that students succeed in navigating the curriculum to completion. The purpose of academic advising is to help students select a program of study to meet their life and vocational goals. As such, academic advising is a central and important activity in the process of education. Academic advising occurs at least once each term for every student in the college; few student support functions occur as often or affect so many students. But while there is general agreement concerning the importance of academic advising for the efficient functioning of the institution and the effective functioning of the student, there is little agreement regarding the nature of academic advising and who should perform the function. In this seminal work on academic advising, the authors of three overarching chapters address the key issues and challenges of academic advising followed by the authors of four of the most innovative and successful programs of academic advising in the nation.
Foreword Walter Bumphus Preface Terry O'Banion Chapter 1: An Academic Advising Model for the 21st Century Terry O'Banion Chapter 2: The Power of Advising in Community Colleges Evelyn Waiwaiole and Courtney Adkins Chapter 3: A Framework for Advising Reform Serena Klempin, Hoori Santikian Kalmakarian, Lauren Pellegrino, and Elisabeth A. Barnett Chapter 4: Life Map 2.0: The Evolution of a Developmental Advising Model at Valencia College Ed Holmes, Evelyn Lora-Santos, John Britt, and Kathleen Plinske Chapter 5: Flight of the Hawks: A Pathways Approach to Advising Sheryl Otto and Vicki Atkinson Chapter 6: Building Pathways to Student Success at the Community College of Baltimore County: The Role of Academic Advisement in Guided Pathways Nicole Baird and Jennifer Kilbourne Chapter 7: Establishing a Culture of Completion through Advising at West Kentucky Community College Renea Akin and Octavia Lawrence About the Contributors About the Editor
Foreword Walter Bumphus Preface Terry O'Banion Chapter 1: An Academic Advising Model for the 21st Century Terry O'Banion Chapter 2: The Power of Advising in Community Colleges Evelyn Waiwaiole and Courtney Adkins Chapter 3: A Framework for Advising Reform Serena Klempin, Hoori Santikian Kalmakarian, Lauren Pellegrino, and Elisabeth A. Barnett Chapter 4: Life Map 2.0: The Evolution of a Developmental Advising Model at Valencia College Ed Holmes, Evelyn Lora-Santos, John Britt, and Kathleen Plinske Chapter 5: Flight of the Hawks: A Pathways Approach to Advising Sheryl Otto and Vicki Atkinson Chapter 6: Building Pathways to Student Success at the Community College of Baltimore County: The Role of Academic Advisement in Guided Pathways Nicole Baird and Jennifer Kilbourne Chapter 7: Establishing a Culture of Completion through Advising at West Kentucky Community College Renea Akin and Octavia Lawrence About the Contributors About the Editor
