Student Advisement

Catalog description

This course will cover policies and practices of academic advisement in higher education including attention to the resources and leadership offered through the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) and the delineation of expectations of the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS). Areas of advisement will include special populations and cover ethical issues, theory to practice, informational and developmental advising, faculty advising, career advising, legal issues, multicultural competence, communication skills, one-on-one advising, group advising and virtual advising. This course will be taught through a social justice lens. Open to Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs students; others with Marxe School permission.