Enhancing Student Learning Through a Blended Model of Advising

On Time and On Target

University Profile • Consolidated 1/2013 • 5 campuses • 18,500 students • Associate, baccalaureate,

doctoral programs • Access and elite

admissions • State Leadership

Institution • Military College of

Georgia

Post-Consolidation Advising • Former NGCSU Supplementary

Model (predominantly faculty advisors)

• Former GSC Split Model (Advising Centers and faculty)

• Poor communication between professional advisors and faculty

• Three core curriculums • High advisee loads for faculty • Advising seen as mostly

administrative function • No mandatory advising except for

students under 2.0 GPA • Lack of resources for advising

The Data GPA Persistence Prediction:

Undergraduate students—fall 2013-fall 2015

The Data: UNG Fall 2013 Non-Transfer Student

Departmental Major Changes by Class

Number of Departmental Major Changes from Matriculation through Fall 2013

Student Classification 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total FR 769 1,700 1,301 467 115 19 4 3 4,378 SO 393 1,281 1,147 557 194 60 20 7 2 3,661 JU 170 578 624 456 232 87 29 10 1 2 2,189 SE 120 388 528 403 257 127 39 19 3 2 1,886 Total 1,452 3,947 3,600 1,883 798 293 92 39 6 2 2 12,114

This information excludes dual-enrolled, transient, and students entering as undeclared.

The Data: Credits to Graduation

• Associate students – 88 average credit hours at graduation

• Bachelor students – 137 average credit hours at graduation

Overarching Goals for Advising

• Culture of Advising as Teaching

• Student self-efficacy, responsibility and self-directed decision-making

• Blended model • Reduced faculty advising

loads • Targeted, intentional

advising

Broad-based Involvement: Plan Design and Development

• 24-member Design and Implementation Committee – Co-chairs: Exec. Director Academic Advising, Assoc. Dep’t

Head History, Anthropology, and Philosophy – All campuses represented – Faculty representing 8 academic departments – Representatives from Academic Advising, FYE, IT, Learning

Support, Institutional Effectiveness, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Leadership, Counseling

Broad-based Involvement: Plan Design and Development

• Subcommittees – Technology Subcommittee – Assessment Subcommittee – First Year Experience Subcommittee – Professional Development Subcommittee – Marketing and Communication

Subcommittee

Student Learning Outcomes 1. Demonstrate knowledge of UNG core curriculum and major

requirements 2. Demonstrate knowledge of impact to time to graduation and

cost as a result of multiple major changes, changes to plan of study and course withdrawal

3. Demonstrate knowledge of advisor/advisee responsibilities 4. Articulate how personal interests, strengths, and weaknesses

relate to the student’s major and career choice 5. Identify and use institutional, academic, and program

resources to support/advance educational goals 6. Utilize career/educational opportunities related to

major/pathway of interest

Blended Advising Model

Blended Advising Model Professional Advisors

• Mandatory advising until 45 earned hours • Core Curriculum • Major choice • Campus resources • Academic policies and procedures • Intentional , targeted advising

Faculty Advisors • Primary advisor after 45 earned hours • Mandatory checkpoints at 60/90 hours • Major program requirements • Mentoring – careers, graduate school • Learning opportunities – internships, research, study

abroad

Master Faculty Advisor (MFA) Program

• One-time stipend • Departmental liaison • Must complete training

program on informational, conceptual, and relational aspects of advisement

• Responsible for collaborative efforts with program PA’s

• In-house advising resource for other faculty

Collaborative Components • Mandatory Advising • Maximize Your Major Sessions

– Orientation power point presented together • Major specific core, major requirements, including

application procedures where appropriate • Advisor/Advisee responsibilities • Important UNG policies • Learning opportunities and careers

• Advising Tools – Departmental Advising Syllabus – Course Planning Guide – Click and Pick Program of Study

Thank you! Questions?