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, and to
increase student satisfaction, persistence, success and retention. This includes, but is not
limited to, the selection of specific courses that best meet their educational 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
Provide Developmental Academic
Advisement
We assess the success of the Core Activity by measuring the
percentage increase of the students we serve in a given academic
year. We also examine the retention and success rates of the
students as we work with them.
Continual
assessment
of the
percent
increase in
number of
students
serves,
retention
rates each
semester,
and
attitudinal
success as
defined by
evaluative
data.
Assist with the successful transition to
college life; integrating students' career and
life plans; providing information about
institutional policies and practices; and
provide students' with the necessary
guidance to complete their academic course
of study in a successful and timely fashion.
Point of service surveys and exit interviews help to assess the
outcomes.
Each year
we assess
our Core
Activity by
identifying
specific
indicators on
point of
service
survey.
Leadership and the strategic planning of the
campus' mandatory academic advisement
plan.
Members of the faculty, staff, and other internal units (special
programs) collaborate with the Academic Advisement Center for
guidance and expert direction.
We assess
the efficiency
of the plan
by looking at
the direct
involvement
of all
constituents.
During the
summer '11
we will be
enhancing
the plan to
address the
addition of
the
Freshman
Academy,
and the role
of faculty
advisors.
Change the landscape of the time to
completion of the Associates Degree.
The Academic Advisement Center has been working in concert
with Academic and Student Affairs, to strategically enhance
graduation rates. The graduation rate has shown an increase, as
the number of full-time enrolled students increases. During this
past spring '11 semester, the Advisement Center was part of a
team of key players at the college that assisted in the spring '11
graduation rate increasing 30% from the previous spring.
We hope to
continue to
have
success with
encouraging
students to
move along
and take
more credits.
Research
shows that
these
student see
clearly that
graduation is
only a few
steps away.
Our success
in this area is
assessed by
our ability to
encourage
more
students to
take full-time
course
loads.
Department-Sponsored Staff Development Activities
Activity Type
Topic
Date
Total
IMB Early Alert Screening Committee
8/25/2010
5
Admissions/Advisement Re-Admit Meeting
9/10/2010
5
Student Affairs Parent Weekend Training Meeting
9/20/2010
10
CUNY First Training Session
10/29/2010
16
Math Department Meeting
12/14/2010
7
Graduation Audit Committee Meeting
1/5/2011
7
3/23/2011
95
gave presentations
Business Society Meeiting
Department-Sponsored Staff Development Activities
Activity Type
Topic
Date
Total
TimeTrade Training Meeting
9/9/2011
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Brian
Kerr
As Chair of the Council of Directors of Spring 2010
Academic Advisement, I engaged the
Council in a discussion and presented
on the CUNYFirst system.
Susan
Peerzada
International Studies Association
Fall 2010
conference in Baltimore. Presented a
paper on Women in Islam.
Patricia
Beale
Attended CUNY Transfer Workshop
Spring 2010
Adrienne
Crosson
Attended CUNY Transfer Workshop
Spring 2010
Joan
Greenhut
Attended CUNY Transfer Workshop
Spring 2010
Deborah
Karlin
CUNY Transfer Workshop
Spring 2010
Deborah
Karlin
Attended Student Affairs workshop.
Spring 2010
Deborah
Karlin
Attended Math Workshop
Fall 2010
Brian
Kerr
Brian Kerr was invited to attend a
HEO Leadership Forum hosted by
CUNY. He was nominated by the
College's Cabinet, as member of the
college community with a great deal
of leadership potential.
Spring 2010
Susan
Peerzada
Developing Effective Mentoring
Strategies
Fall 2010
Susan
Peerzada
MALES annual conference at
LaGuardia Community College.
Fall 2010
Elisabeth
Scheiner
Attended CUNY Transfer Workshop
Spring 2010
Andre
Coombs
Business Academy Presentation
Spring 2011
Andre
Coombs
Transfer Workshop
Fall 2010
Victoria
Wallace
Presentation to the CLIP department. Spring 2010
Conference Presentation,
other
Conference, workshop,
training attended
Service to department,
College, University,
community, and/or
professional society
Changes in Department within Last Year
Change Type
Change
Reason
Semester
Vahe Permzadian stepped down from his
position as Academic Advisor.
He was accepted into a Doctoral
program at SUNY Albany.
Fall 2010
The Advisement Office was able to recruit a
new Non-Teaching Adjunct Lecturer named
Ellen Faughan.
She was hired to assist with the
enrollment increases faced by the
depertment.
Fall 2010
Personnel
6
Changes in Department within Last Year
Change Type
Change
Reason
Semester
Marie Parvis retired from 18 years of service
from QCC.
She decided to take the University's ERI Fall 2010
.
William Duque was transferred to Academic
Advisement.
He was transferred due to personnel
issues in the Admissions Office.
Spring 2011
Sabera Saadullah was hired as a
sub-Academic Advisor.
She was hired to replace Vahe
Permzadian.
Fall 2010
Services
Advisement was asked to take over Probation It was decided by the VP for Student
students.
Affairs that this group would be best
assisted by the professionals in the
Academic Advisement Center.
Fall 2010
Assessment and Evaluation
KPI
Target Outcome
Actual Outcome
Action Plan
Percentage increase
in students served.
15% enrollment growth
We experienced a 30% increase
in the number of students
served. This is a result of
growing enrollment, and the fact
that we took on another 1,200
students who were listed on
probation.
Although our hope was Continuing
to increase service by
15%, we found that we
were able to provide
greater developmental
advisement to continuing
students, hence creating
greater avenues for
students to stay at the
college until graduation.
I just found out that our
efforts have aided in a
30% increase in the
number of students
graduating in spring '11
as compared to spring
'10.
Point of service
surveys.
We try to target 100%
completion rate on surveys
given in the department.
Our goal was to have a
96% rate of usefulness.
96.2% of the students we
surveyed felt that advisement
was useful, and 89% were
satisfied with the overall services
offered by the department.
We need to keep
encouraging students to
use this valuable
assessment tool. We
hope to move to 97%
usefulness next year.
Statistically enhance The Acadmic Advisement
We did see a slight increase in
graduation rates.
Center has been working to graduation for the 2005 cohort.
increase the six year
graduation rate by 2%
points each year.
Status
Continuing
We will continue to work Continuing
with the Freshman
Academy, Four-Year
Transfer Coordinator,
and the Graduation Audit
division of the Registrar's
office as well as
Institutional Research, to
assess retention and
graduation data. We are
confident that the
developmental
Advisement model has
been a major component
to guiding our students
down the right path.
Assessment and Evaluation
KPI
Target Outcome
Actual Outcome
Action Plan
Status
Collaboration with
faculty and staff on
the development of
advisement skills.
The Academic Advisement
Office is responsible for
training faculty and
departmental staff from
other departments how to
navigate and use the
nuances of the CUNYFirst
system.
We had a much more difficult
We have decided to
Modified
time encouraging departments to adjust the Advisement
participate in training this past
Plan, and require
year.
students who were sent
to faculty departments to
come to be advised by
the central Academic
Advisement Center.
Assessment Plan
Core Activity
KPI
Target Outcome
Plan
Assist Student in the
Successful Transition to
College Life.
Point of service surveys.
Increase student success at the
College.
We will continue to better
serve our student populations
by paying attention to their
immediate needs. By
conductiing surveys, we are
better informed on how to
approach and address
concerns.