Beyond Foundations: Developing as a Master Academic Advisor - Hardcover

by Thomas J. Grites (Editor), Marsha A. Miller (Editor), Julie Givans Voler (Editor)

Sharpen advising expertise by exploring critical issues affecting the field

Beyond Foundations, a core resource for experienced academic advisors, gives practitioners insight into important issues affecting academic advising. In addition to gaining understanding of foundational concepts and pressing concerns, master advisors engage with case studies to clarify their roles as educators of students, as thought leaders in institutions, and as advocates for the profession. Pillar documents--the NACADA Core Values, NACADA Concept of Academic Advising, and CAS Standards--serve as sources of both information and inspiration for those seeking to improve advising. New strategies inform advisors helping a diverse student population delineate meaningful educational goals. Each chapter prompts productive discussions with fellow advisors interested in cultivating advising excellence.

To promote advisor influence in higher education, experienced contributors explain new trends--including the impact of external forces and legal issues on postsecondary institutions--and the evolution of advising as a profession and a field of inquiry. Expert insight and practical focus contribute to the development of experienced advisors.

• Use existing resources in new ways to master advising roles and encourage student success
• Apply theory to advance advising practice
• Create and optimize professional development opportunities
• Establish recognition for the contributions of academic advisors to the institution and higher education
• Face challenges created by the changing higher education landscape

Advisors must meet the expectations of students, parents, faculty members, administrators, and outside agencies, all while navigating an increasingly complex range of issues presented by a student population unlike any that has come before. Beyond Foundations provides the insight and clarity advisors need to help students achieve their educational goals and to advance the field.

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Hone Advising Skills by Exploring the Critical Issues Affecting the Field

Today's academic advisors are challenged to meet the expectations of multiple stakeholders including students, parents, faculty members, and administrators, all while navigating an increasingly complex range of issues fostered by a diverse and complex student population.

Beyond Foundations: Developing as a Master Academic Advisor offers professionals in the field a resource that synthesizes the most recent knowledge and attitudes about the rapidly changing world of higher education. The authors help advisors identify, confront, and resolve the current and impending challenges facing the field. In addition, this vital resource is filled with case studies that shed light on the many roles advisors must play in order to be successful. Beyond Foundations provides the opportunity for master advisors to discover a conceptual framework that is needed to help students achieve their educational goals and to advance the field.

Beyond Foundations contains the rationale and direction for moving practitioners beyond the fundamental roles of academic advisors to become campus advocates, leaders, researchers, and scholars within the field. When master advisors contribute well-conceived statements and explanations about the advising practice, strategies, and concepts, the profession gains recognition for advisor contributions to higher education and student success.

Praise for Beyond Foundations

"Educators seeking a better understanding of developments in the field of academic advising and its future potential need look no further than this important work. Indeed it should be required reading for both 'master advisors' and anyone in higher education aspiring to make a significant and lasting impact on student success."
--Nancy King, NACADA Past President, Professor Emeritus of English, and Vice President Emeritus for Division of Student Success and Enrollment Services, Kennesaw State University

"Finally, we have a major work illuminating the critical intersection of academic advising and college student success. Beyond Foundations will empower and support the work of our most experienced, successful, and long-serving practitioners and leaders--master advisors."
--John N. Gardner, president, John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education

Author Biography

THE EDITORS

Thomas J. Grites is assistant provost at Stockton University, cofounder and past president of NACADA, and coeditor of Academic Advising: A Comprehensive Handbook, Second Edition (Jossey-Bass, 2008).

Marsha A. Miller is the NACADA assistant director for resources and coeditor of Academic Advising Approaches: Strategies That Teach Students to Make the Most of College (Jossey-Bass, 2013).

Julie Givans Voller is the research and planning strategist for the Maricopa Community Colleges and lead editor of Comprehensive Advisor Training and Development: Practices That Deliver (NACADA, 2010).

NACADA: THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY FOR ACADEMIC ADVISING, an organization of more than 13,000 members worldwide, promotes student success by advancing the field through professional development, networking, and leadership.