Session Leader: Webinar
Description: Webinars offered by the National Academic Advising Association.
SESSION 1: ADVISING ESL AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
Recruitment of international students has become a high priority for many higher education institutions in the United States and Canada. As a result, academic advisors are seeing significantly higher numbers of advisees who have come to their campuses from other parts of the world. What do academic advisors and advising administrators need to know to provide appropriate support for these students? Questions we need to ask may include: Why do students choose to come to North America for higher education? What cultural and financial circumstances may factor into their decision-making processes? What should advisors know about the prior experiences and assumptions of students who began their education in other systems? How can advisors help these students capitalize on experience they bring from their own countries? How can we assist with the initial transition to our campuses? How can we help these students adjust to a new culture and educational system? Drawing on their experiences as international students and as advisors working with international students, recent immigrants, and refugees, our panelists will suggest strategies to assist advisors as they interact with students who are transitioning into North American higher education.
Panelists are: Yung-Hwa Anna Chow, General Studies and Advising Center, Washington State University, Chair, NACADA ESL & International Student Advising Commission; José Rodriguez, Assistant Dean - Honors College, Florida International University, Chair, NACADA Webinar Advisory Board; Ana Frega, Director of Majors Advising, College of Liberal Arts, University of Massachusetts-Boston, NACADA Emerging Leader; Hyun-Soon Kong, Academic Advisor, University of Manitoba, NACADA Emerging Leader
SESSION 2: ADVISING TRANSFER STUDENTS: STRATEGIES FOR TODAY'S REALITIES AND TOMORROW'S CHALLENGES
The “completion agenda” set by the Obama administration and the Lumina Foundation has stimulated certain realities within the higher education community, one of the foremost among them being the increased enrollment of transfer students. As a result, transfer students have been thrust into the forefront of new and renewed strategies for meeting the challenge presented by the completion agenda – more graduates. This new reality lies amid other challenges imposed by accreditors and employers – demonstrable student learning outcomes. This webinar will review the realities and challenges we are facing and provide an array of advising programs and strategies that will facilitate meeting the ultimate national completion agenda.
Panelists: Karen Archambault, Director of Student Services, Branch Campus and Higher Education Centers, Brookdale Community College, Chair, NACADA Advising Transfer Students Commission; Ross Hawkins, Transfer Advisor, Missouri State University, Chair-Elect, NACADA Advising Transfer Students Commission, Exemplary Practice Contributor, Advising Transfer Students: Strategies for Today's Realities and Tomorrow's Challenges, 2nd ed., Monograph 24, and NACADA Emerging Leader; Sandy Waters, Assistant Dean for Advising and Transfer Programs in Academic Enhancement, Old Dominion University, Author, Advising Transfer Students: Strategies for Today's Realities and Tomorrow's Challenges, 2nd ed., Monograph 24
SESSION 3: ADVISING STRATEGIES FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE ON ACADEMIC PROBATION, FACING DISMISSAL, OR SEEKING REINSTATEMENT
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