1. W hat’s on the
Horizon for
Academic Advising
Laura A. Pasquini
@laurapasquini

2. What will the future
of academic
advising look like?

3. The
Tech?

5. “Students experience an increasing need for
connectivity and digital access to excel
beyond the higher education learning
environment. They must access and
interact with information, learning materials,
and colleagues from around the globe.”
Implications for use of technology in advising 2011 NACAD

6. The Reality

7. Go Beyond the Silo Thinking
Flickr photo c/o dsearls

8. “... networks reconfigure themselves in
real-time, on a global local scale, and
permeate all domains of social life. This is
why we live in a network society, not in an
information society or a knowledge
society.”
Castells, 2004

9. Questions to Consider…
•
What is the role of the advisor in higher
education?
•
What will advising look like in 10 years?
•
What kind of advising profession do I want to
participate in?
•
How will I contribute to the change and
development of how advising is organized?

10. A Vision, Not a Prediction
The future of academic advising will have both
impact and relevance to how higher education
evolves:
1. Advisor Interaction with Learners
2. Advisor Influence at their Own Institutions
3. Advisors Integrated into Academia
(Lowenstein, 2013)

11. Advisors &
Our
Learners:
Interaction

12. Advisor & Learner
Collaboration
•
Relationship and Roles
•
Locus of Learning
•
Connect to Meaning

13. “I just need help picking a few
classes for next semester”

14. Advising is Not a Service
(Hemwall & Trachte, 2005)

15. Connect to Meaning
Via @EricStoller

16. Self-authorship is a strong
basis to advance learning
outcomes, prepare our
students, and include
reflection for our learning
experience.
(Baxter Magolda, 2004)

17. Practical Applications
•
Administrative support
•
Evaluation the advising “workflow”
•
On-going training & development
•
Mentoring initiatives
•
Holistic advising on campus
•
Advisor learning networks
Flickr photo c/o furiousgeorge81

18. Advisors &
Our Campus:
Influence

19. How is Academic Advising
Viewed on Campus?
•
Student Experience & Commentary
•
Unit Involvement & Collaboration on Campus
•
Program Evaluation
•
Self-Assessment of Advising
•
Administrative Expectation

20. Value of Advising in
Academia
•
Advisors as Faculty
(ALL)
•
Advising Syllabus
•
Academic Advising for
Credit

21. Advising & Assessment
•
Advising Learning Outcomes
•
Student Portfolios & Artifacts
•
Students are Partners in Advising Assessment

22. Cox & Richlin, 2004

23. Advisors as Campus
Thought Leaders
•
Taking on Leadership Roles
•
Evaluation of Academics
•
Life-Long & Continuous Learning
•
Student Success is Recognized

24. Practical Applications
•
Taking on Leadership
Roles
•
Evaluation of Academics
•
Life-Long & Continuous
Learning
•
Student Success is
Recognized

25. Advisors &
Our Faculty:
Integration

26. A Look Back, Before Looking
Forward
To think about the future of advising, it is critical to
review the historical context of the advising
practice. Specifically how the REALITY has differed
from the IDEAS.
(Schulenberg & Lindhorst, 2010)

27. The Advising Profession
Communities of Practice (Wenger, 1999)

28. Advising Integration
Advising as a “faculty position” would encourage:
•
Innovative Thinking
•
Research Development
•
Contributing the Canon
•
Interdisciplinary Studies
•
Idea Generation & Debates About Practice

29. Practical Applications
•
Review of advising qualifications
•
Service, teaching & research scholarship
•
Contribute to the community of practice
•
Hybrid & dynamic advising positions

30. What will the future
of academic
advising look like?

32. References
Cox, M. D., & Richlin, L. (Eds.). (2004). New directions for teaching and
learning: Building faculty learning communities, 127-135.
Hemwell, M. K., & Trachte, K. C. (2005). Academic advising as learning: 10
organizing principles. NACADA Journal, 25 (2); 75-83.
Lowenstein, M. (2013). Chapter 14: Envisioning the future. In J. K. Drake, P.
Jordan, M. A. Miller(Eds.), Academic advising approaches: Strategies that
teach students to make the most of college. (pp. 243-258). San Francisco, CA:
Jossey-Bass
Magolda, M. B. B. (1999). Creating Contexts for Learning and Self-authorship:
Constructive-developmental Pedagogy. Vanderbilt University Press.
Schulenberg, J., & Lindhorst, M. (2010). The historical foundations and
scholarly future of academic advising. In P. L. Hagen, T. L. Kuhn, & G. M.
Padak (Eds.), Scholarly inquiry in academic advising (pp. 17-29).
Manhattan, KS: National Academic Advising Association.
Wenger, E. (1999). Communities of practice: Learning, meaning, and identity.
New York: Cambridge University Press.