NACADA Executive  Director Charlie Nutt discusses changing the academic advising profession and higher education.

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Developmental research data can offer us a better understanding of our students' decision making processes; especially in terms of risky behavior.

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decision-making, communication, Keith Gissubel, Janice Stapley, developmental theory

K-12 education has long since discovered that parent–school partnerships can be harnessed as a tool to improve student achievement, reduce truancy, and prevent behavioral problems in school.  What lessons can be learned from their strategies that can be beneficial to academic support personnel in higher education?

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parent relationships, parental involvement, parents, Melissa Irvin

Light (2001) tells us that one of the most important things advisors can do is encourage students to participate in activities outside of the classroom. What would it look like if advisors took it a step further and organized activities designed specifically for high achieving students?

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high achieving, honors, Haley Holmes

The concept of resiliency has gained increasing attention as researchers ponder why some individuals exceeded developmental expectations despite unfavorable conditions.  Advisors may be able utilize this character trait to their advisees’ advantage in overcoming academic probation.

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probation, academic probation, Loretta Zost

Understanding the characteristics of foreclosure students can help advisors identify them and develop strategies to guide these students through the decision-making process as they choose a major and career.

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nursing students, Janis Albright, Karen Martel, Brenda Webster, foreclosure

Students come to us looking for advice because they often feel lost on their own "yellow brick road" to somewhere. How do we want our "movie" to end?

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decision-making, Jim Peacock, encouraging students

Started as an initiative to expand diversity of representation within the organization, the Emerging Leaders Program has completed its fifth year of existence, and NACADA leaders consider it to be a resounding success.

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mentoring, Emerging Leaders Program, Chrissy Renfro, ELP

My desire to become an ELP mentor stems from my desire to help other NACADA members in the same way that so many other NACADA members have helped me develop in my profession...Now I could give back to an organization that had given me stability and confidence, along with knowledge and life-long friends.

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mentoring, Emerging Leaders Program, mentor, emerging leaders, diversity

During the 2012 Annual Conference in Nashville, more than 50 individuals gathered for a very stimulating discussion on Jane Pizzolato’s article Complex Partnerships: Self-Authorship and Provocative Academic-Advising Practices (2006). 

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advising strategy, Luiza Dreasher, common reading, self-authorship