NACADA Advising Communities provide members the opportunity to engage with other professionals in areas such as similar institution types, academic areas, interests, or student populations .  All current members can join up to 4 Advising Communities.  All Communities are involved in:

• Advancing NACADA’s strategic goals
• Proposing and facilitating professional development activities around Community topics to engage members
• Providing resources to advance the professional development of members while focusing on the specific area of the Community

The ACD helps advisors help students! 

To learn more about the ACD, please visit the About Us: Advising Communities Division section within NACADA Leadership.

• Academic Coaching
• Adult Learners
• Advising Administration
• Advisor Training & Development
• Appreciative Advising
• Assessment of Advising
• Business Majors
• Canada 
• Career Advising
• Distance Advising for Online Education
• Education Majors
• Faculty Advising
• First-Generation College Student Advising
• First-Year Students
• Global Engagement
• Graduate and Professional Students
• Health Professions Advising 
• High Achieving Students
• High School to College Advising

• Historically Black Colleges and Universities
• LGBTQA Advising and Advocacy
• Liberal Arts
• Peer Advising & Mentoring
• Probation/Dismissal/Reinstatement Issues
• Small Colleges and Universities
• Social Justice
• STEM
• Student Athletes
• Students with Disabilities
• Students with Experiences in the Foster Care System
• Technology in Advising
• Theory, Philosophy, & History of Advising
• Transfer Students
• Two-Year Colleges
• Undecided and Exploratory Students
• Veterans, Military Students and Family Members
• Well-Being & Advisor Retention
  Updated January 2022