Goals & Objectives

2022-2023 Strategic Goals
  • GPS Goal 1: Support those that support graduate and professional students.
  • GPS Goal 2: Help members of the community to share the work they are doing within our community and beyond.  
  • GPS Goal 3: Create space, guidance, and encouragement for all members to document and publish institutional, college, departmental, unit, individual, and group histories of supporting graduate and professional students.

2021-2022 Strategic Goals
  • To increase visibility of this Advising Community and its events to the membership and to potential members
  • To provide support to those who are seeking to expand their professional development involvement and opportunities
  • To benchmark our roles, titles, and responsibilities of our community members, as professionals, who work directly with graduate and professional students

2019-2020 Strategic Goals
  • The Advising Graduate and Professional Student Community will become more informed of demographics, needs, strengths, and opportunities for improvement of our advising community to ensure we serve the diverse range of members we strive to have participating in the Advising Community.The Advising Graduate and Professional Student Community will become more informed of demographics, needs, strengths, and opportunities for improvement of our advising community to ensure we serve the diverse range of members we strive to have participating in the Advising Community .
  • Membership will gain knowledge and share information regarding best practices, programs, and policies that support the student experience of graduate and professional students based on various characteristics (i.e., institutional type (private and public institutions), international students, online learners, area of study, etc.) 
  • The Advising Graduate and Professional Student Community will establish a document that outlines the Steering Committee structure, responsibilities, time commitments, and goals for representation. This document will also serve as a means of transparency for the Advising Graduate and Professional Student Community members.
  • Increase the submission of articles and conference proposals by Advising Graduate and Professional Student Community members to NACADA sponsored platforms and conferences