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Myth vs. Fact: Academic Advisors

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BY: Gabriel Bermea, Visiting Scholar at The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) From the belief that academic advisors only handle course scheduling, to the assumption that they make all decisions for students, there are a few persistent myths about academic advisors and their responsibilities.

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The Transformative Influence of Academic Advisors

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As a college student in the early 2000s, I was fortunate to have an academic advisor to guide me as I pursued learning opportunities, faced challenges, and explored career goals.

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Academic Advisor Elected to the Missouri Academic Advising Association (MACADA) Executive Board

Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

Jenny Capps, academic advisor in the Academic Advising and Transfer Center, was recently elected to the Missouri Academic Advising Association (MACADA) Executive Board as the Southwest Representative. Jenny joined Missouri State as an academic advisor in 2021. She will serve a two-year term.

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4 Challenges Derailing Academic Advisor Effectiveness (And How to Fix Them)

Civitas Learning

Related Resource: Advising and Student Success Playbook Evidence-based practices to help academic advising teams use data analytics to improve course success, persistence, and on-time completion. The post 4 Challenges Derailing Academic Advisor Effectiveness (And How to Fix Them) appeared first on Civitas Learning.

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New Report Paints a Picture of Advising at MSIs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Research has well established the importance of academic advisors to students from underrepresented backgrounds, but less work has been done on advising that highlights the identities of the schools that educate them, the 859 minority serving institutions (MSIs) that enroll 35% of all undergrads in the U.S.

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Report Underscores Diverse Approaches to Advising for HSIs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For example, HSIs identify several purposes for academic advising such as course registration, retention, sense of belonging, learning, familial learning environments, and contemporary communication trends (using popular social media apps). Many also adopt varied, shared advising models involving faculty and professional academic advisors.

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Empowering Change: Four Key Strategies for Supporting Student Affairs Administrators in the New Affirmative Action Landscape

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

academic advisors, residence life staff, admissions coordinators, counselors, and cultural center staff) and their interactions and interventions significantly influence students' experiences and success. Keisha Lewars is a senior academic advisor at John Jay College, City University of New York (CUNY).