Roles and Responsibilities
Goals For Academic Advising
Four
national surveys of advising practices have collected data on the
achievement of eight goals for academic advising. The goals were developed
by a NACADA task force that
was charged with providing input to the Council for the Advancement
of Standards (CAS) in 1980. These goals formed the basis for the development
of the CAS Standards for Academic Advising and the CAS Self-Assessment
Guide for Academic Advising:
- Assisting
students in self-understanding and self-acceptance (values clarification;
understanding abilities, interests, and limitations)
- Assisting
students in considering their life goals by relating their interests,
skills, abilities, and values to careers, the world of work,
and the nature and purpose of higher education
- Assisting
students in developing an educational plan consistent with their
life goals and objectives
- Assisting
students in developing decision-making skills
- Providing
accurate information about institutional policies, procedures,
resources, and programs
- Referring
students to other institutional or community support services
- Assisting
students in evaluating or reevaluating progress toward established
goals and educational plans
- Providing
information about students to the institution, college, academic
departments, or some combination thereof.
Source:
Academic Advising: A Comprehensive Handbook,
Gordon, Habley and Associates (2000) pg. 40-41.
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