Academic Advisement
The purpose of Academic Advisement is to assist both degree and non-degree students in
developing meaningful educational plans that are compatible with their life goals, both
short and long-term, and aiding them in dealing with related areas such as career goals,
motivation, and advanced study. The ultimate responsibility for making decisions about
educational plans and life goals rests with the individual student. The academic advisor
should assist students by helping to identify and assess alternatives and the
consequences of their decisions.
Core Activities and Performance
Core Activity
Key PI
Indicators
Developmental Academic Advisement
Increase the volume of service provided to continuing students
Yes
each semester. Evaluate this activity by studying enrollment data,
and measuring student success outcomes.
Assist with college life transition.
Point of service surveys help to assess this core activity.
Changes to the Academic Advisement Plan
This year we made a few changes to the Academic Advisement
No
Plan. The Advisement Center is responsible for seeing the
majority of continuing students on campus. These changes were
done in an effort to increase consistency and flow of information
to students. It may be a bit early to assess this indicator, but so
far preliminary results have shown that students are less confused
and have been complaining less about being sent around from
department to department.
Increase graduation rates
In collaboration with Academic and Student Affairs, the
Yes
Advisement Center has been working to streamline the degree
audit system. Students are advised and given a graduation audit
in the same meeting. These audits serve as reminders to
students, and help them understand the requirements left to
satisfy their remaining degree requirements.
Yes
Department-Sponsored Staff Development Activities
Activity Type
Topic
Date
Total
Admissions/Advisment meeting with Nursing department administration
3/30/2012
5
Presentation for 21 Century Learning students
12/2/2011
35
Faculty training on Degree Works
1/26/2012
25
both
gave presentations
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Andre
Coombs
Andre presented at the Business
Society meeting.
Spring 2011
Conference Presentation,
other
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Patty
Beale
Attended CUNY Transfer Conference
at Lehman College
Fall 2011
Adrienne
Crosson
Attended CUNY Transfer Workshop
Fall 2011
Joan
Greenhut
Attended CUNY Transfer Conference
at Lehman College
Fall 2011
Brian
Kerr
Attended the Conference of the
College
Fall 2011
Brian
Kerr
Building and floor fire coordinator
training
Fall 2011
Brian
Kerr
Making Transfer Connections at
LaGuardia CC
Fall 2011
Brian
Kerr
Attended Transfer event at SUNY Old Fall 2011
Westbury
Brian
Kerr
A Campus Conversation Regarding
Pathways
Fall 2011
Brian
Kerr
Provided Degree Works training for
faculty
Fall 2011
Susan
Peerzada
Attended CUNY Transfer Conference
at Lehman College
Fall 2011
Sabera
Saadullah
Attended CUNY Transfer Conference
at Lehman College
Fall 2011
Vickie
Wallace
Attended play "Little Shop of Horrors" Fall 2011
with VAPA students
Elisabeth
Scheiner
Elisabeth was responsible for
re-writing the Academic Advisement
Plan.
Conference, workshop,
training attended
Performance (music,
dance, theater)
Service to department,
College, University,
community, and/or
professional society
Fall 2011
Changes in Department within Last Year
Change Type
Change
Reason
Semester
Susan Peerzada moved office locations from
Academic Advisement to International
Student Affairs. She will still be reporting to
the Director of Academic Advisement.
The 4-Year Transfer Coordinator was
moved to Susan's old cubicle since his
permanent location no longer exists.
Spring 2012
Personnel
Changes in Department within Last Year
Change Type
Change
Reason
Semester
Services
The Academic Advisement Plan was changed The change took place to accomodate Fall 2011
to incorporate student needs.
students. Rather than send students to
multiple departments for assistance, it
was decided that a more centralized
hub for advisement would be best for
students. There as still a few primary
academic departments who do
advising, but the majority will be done
at the Academic Advising Center. Also,
students with 25 earned credits and a
cumulative grade point average of 2.50
or higher are now able to self advise.
Assessment and Evaluation
KPI
Target Outcome
Actual Outcome
Action Plan
Volume of services
provided
10% increase in student
services provided by the
Advisement office.
The office was successful in
meeting its goal of increasing
services to students by 10%.
During the spring 12 semester,
the office was successful in
reaching out to and advising
90%(6,450/ 7,200)of the
continuing students before June
28th.
We've learned that it's
Completed
important to set dates
with students. If you
inform them of
deadlines, the majority of
students will react
positively and take care
of school related
business.
Point of Service
Surveys
We try and target 100%
We had similar outcomes to last
completion rate for the
year. About 88% of the students
point of service survey
completed surveys. Of the
handed out every spring
students who completed the
semester. We had the
surveys, over 90% felt that
same goals as last year.
mandatory academic advisement
The goal was to complete a was useful. Around 90% were
96% return rate on
satisfied with the overall services
completed surveys.
offered by the department.
Increase Graduation The Advisement Center has The latest Institutional Research
Rates
created an internal degree "Fact Book" showed a slight
audit system which
1.2% increase from 2004 -2005.
promises to raise the six
year graduation rate by at
least 2% points each year.
Status
Surveying the office
Continuing
offers a very real and
interesting perspective.
No matter how well you
run an office, there is
always room for
improvement. This
survey offers a great
opportunity for us to
learn better ways to
serve our every changing
student population.
It's imperative to work
Continuing
with other units in
Student and Academic
Affairs to devise a way to
assit students towards
degree completion. The
Freshman Coordinators,
Four-Year Transfer
Coordinator, and Degree
Audit members should
come together on a
bi-annual basis to review
student transcripts and
encourage graduation.
Assessment Plan
Core Activity
KPI
Target Outcome
Plan
Assist with college life
transition.
Point of Service Surveys
Increase completion rate of this
survey above 88%
In the past the office has had
a better response rate when
advisors collected surveys
directly from students before
they exited their cubicles.
Last year, we encouraged
students to leave the
completed surveys with the
front office receptionists. We
will initiate the old collection
process for the 2012-13
academic year and evaluate
the results in the next
year-end report.