Wesley R. Habley

Prior to joining ACT, Wes served as an academic advisor and later as the director of the academic advisement center at Illinois State University. He also served as the director of academic and career advising at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Habley has more than 50 published works on academic advising and student retention. His most recent publications include Academic Advising: A Comprehensive Handbook (2008), The Status of Academic Advising: Findings from the ACT Sixth National Survey (2004) and What Works in Student Retention?  in 2004 and 2009. Habley is a founding board member of NACADA and has served as president and treasurer. He is the founding director of the NACADA Summer Institute on Academic Advising and the recipient of NACADA’s awards for service and for outstanding contributions to the field of advising. He has delivered more than 200 presentations at professional meetings and has served as a consultant or workshop leader at more than 125 colleges in the US, Canada, and the Middle East.