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Are We Measuring the Impact of Advising the Right Way?

Here are three commonly used academic advising metrics that fail to measure the impact of advising, and three qualitative measures that DO matter. by Sue Ohrablo, Ed.D., author of High-Impact Advising: A Guide for Academic Advisors Advising administrators are challenged with recruiting, training, and retaining effective advisors. They are tasked with positively impacting student success […]

Academic Advising’s Role in Change Implementation

READ THE WHOLE SERIES: Developing a High-Performing and Productive Advising Department Assessing and Meeting Student Needs Assessing and Meeting Employee Needs Optimizing Your Use of Student Information Systems Academic Advising’s Role in Change Implementation by Sue Ohrablo, author of High-Impact Advising: A Guide for Academic Advisors In this series, “Developing a High-Performing and Productive Advising Department,” I’ve […]

Optimizing Your Use of Student Information Systems

READ THE WHOLE SERIES: Developing a High-Performing and Productive Advising Department Assessing and Meeting Student Needs Assessing and Meeting Employee Needs Optimizing Your Use of Student Information Systems Academic Advising’s Role in Change Implementation by Sue Ohrablo, author of High-Impact Advising: A Guide for Academic Advisors In the first two installments in the series, “Developing […]

Developing a High-Performing and Productive Advising Department, Part 2: Assessing and Meeting Employee Needs

READ THE WHOLE SERIES: Assessing and Meeting Student Needs Assessing and Meeting Employee Needs Optimizing Your Use of Student Information Systems Academic Advising’s Role in Change Implementation by Sue Ohrablo, Author of High-Impact Advising: A Guide for Academic Advisors Academic advising staff, comprised of both administrative support staff and advisors, may experience a great deal […]

The 21st Century Academic Advisor: 3 Critical
Skill Sets

This article is an excerpt from Sue Ohrablo’s acclaimed book High-Impact Advising: A Guide for Academic Advisors, which you can find here. Being an effective academic advisor is like being an expert juggler. It is easy to drop a ball now and then. In this article, I examine strategies to keep all the balls in the […]

Advising: 3 Ways to Take the Conversation Beyond Registration

This article is an excerpt from Sue Ohrablo’s acclaimed book High-Impact Advising: A Guide for Academic Advisors, which you can find here. by Sue Ohrablo After an academic year begins, advisors can start to breathe a little easier once most of the fires have been put out, questions have been answered, schedule adjustments have been made, […]

Advising Students in Crisis: 7 Approaches to Maximize Advisors’ Effectiveness

This article is an excerpt from Sue Ohrablo’s acclaimed book High-Impact Advising: A Guide for Academic Advisors, which you can find here. Over the past few days, three different students have made comments to the effect of, “I am so glad I called. I almost didn’t. Honestly, before I called I had pretty much decided to […]

Advising: 3 Ways to Effectively Assist Students during High Traffic Periods

This article is an excerpt from Sue Ohrablo’s acclaimed book High-Impact Advising: A Guide for Academic Advisors, which you can find here. This week marks the end of yet another hectic week filled with long days, endless phone calls, appointments, emails, and walk-ins. There are times when I get frustrated that I have to answer yet […]

“No One Ever Told Me”: How Advisors Can Maximize Service and Minimize Risk through Effective Documentation

This article is an excerpt from Sue Ohrablo’s acclaimed book High-Impact Advising: A Guide for Academic Advisors, which you can find here. Electronic documentation has become an integral part of an academic advisor’s daily life. Student records and notes are often maintained electronically, and email has been established as a preferred method of communication among students, […]

3 Ways to Assess and Build Student Resiliency

This article is an excerpt from Sue Ohrablo’s acclaimed book High-Impact Advising: A Guide for Academic Advisors, which you can find here. Currently, higher education institutions are facing a crisis with declining enrollment and student attrition. Higher education professionals are being tasked with student retention on a system-wide level. With the issuing of this directive, student […]

7 Ways Advisors Can More Effectively Engage Online Students

by Susan Ohrablo (Valencia College) Online students are at significant risk for attrition as they experience isolation and a sense of disconnect from the institution, as well as find themselves lacking resources and information. Advisors can greatly impact students’ perceptions of their online experience by providing ongoing support and information to students. Advising online students […]