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Establishing an Advising Presence in Residence LifeNACADA Region 4 Miami 2012TRANSCRIPT
ESTABLISHING AN ADVISING PRESENCE IN RESIDENCE LIFE
Working Together to Encourage Academic Success
Welcome!
Stephanie Lang, M.A.Senior Academic
Advisor
Aparna Saini, M.S.Senior Academic
Advisor
Academic Advising Center
Advising for freshmen and most sophomores
General education and lower division requirements
19 Central Advisors
located in main office
11 Bridge Advisors
housed in 8 colleges
Goals of Session
Understand the unique needs of housing students Discuss programs and services to meet the needs
of housing students from an Academic Advising perspective
Be better able to integrate Academic Advising into a Student Affairs setting
Recognize the successes and challenges of establishing and maintaining relationships between an Academic Advising Center and University Housing
Discuss strategies to publicize services and programs to the housing community
Florida International University
Located in Miami, FL 4 year public research university 46,000 students Hispanic-serving institution Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral
programs
Student Demographics
His-panic61%
White Non-His-
panic15%
African Ameri-
can13%
Asian or Pa-cific Is-lander
4%
Other7%
Total Population
His-panic19%
White Non-His-
panic23%
African Ameri-
can13%
Asian or Pa-cific Is-lander
7%
Other7%
On-Campus Residents
Student Demographics
Freshmen37%
Sophomores17%
Juniors22%
Seniors15%
Graduates8%
Classification
Number of students living on campus:
2,700
Recent Findings
According to the National Survey of Student Engagement annual report (2007): Students will gravitate toward what they
view as comfortable and convenient Conditions must be intentionally structured
and promoted for students to take advantage of them
Needs of Housing Students
In order for students to be academically successful, students need a support network
Our Goals
Outreach to an already established population Create an environment where students feel
comfortable Provide more accessible services
How can we achieve this?In addition to the central academic advising
office, we integrated ourselves into the Academic Resource Center located in University
Housing & Residence Life.
Academic Resource Center
A structured and convenient environment for students located within housing
Provides: Tutoring from peer mentors Academic Advising
1:1 advising Academic workshops
Collaboration w/ First-Year Librarian
ARC Peak Times
Monday-Wednesday 5-8pm & Thursday 1-4pm
Number of Students
Spring 2011: 75 students Fall 2011: 65 students Spring 2012 (as of March 8th):15
students
Spring 2011 Fall 20110
20
40
60
80
ARC Advising Numbers
Marketing
Tabling In Residence Halls Campus-wide
Postcards/posters Orientation Facebook RAs
Academic Programming
Advising sessions
Integration of Academic Advising
1. Identify existing population of students2. Current resources3. Avenues that are available to bring
Academic Advising to these students4. Collaboration with department to establish
goals or outcomes before initiating services
5. Brainstorm strategies on how to meet and implement goals
6. Review and evaluate the results
Breakout
In groups of 2-3, please discuss the following:
How has your institution adapted Academic Advising in your Residence Halls, or how do you see this adapting to your institution?
What are some possible challenges? What is the most important component
to this type of program?
Challenges
Privacy of Housing information on students
Marketing constraints Poster locations Door-to-door Mailbox fliers
Lack of support and buy-in by residence life
Benefits
Outreach to greater number of students Specified advising for housing population Convenience Flexible hours Comfortable environment Accessibility of Advisors
Moving Forward
Evaluation Marketing/Outreach # of students Peak times Workshop topics
“In house” Academic Advisor
References
Dalton, J. & Crosby, P. (2008). Challenging college students to learn in campus cultures of comfort, convenience and complacency. Journal of College and Character. 9(3), 1-5.
National Survey of Student Engagement. (2007). Experiences That Matter: Enhancing Student Learning and Success—annual results 2007. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research.
Thank You!