Chapter 1: Historical Foundations of Academic Advising Flashcards
Situations in which an institutional representative gives insight or direction to a college student about an academic, social, or personal matter
Academic advising
A time between 1636-1870 dominated by the faculty-only model of advising and Liberal Arts colleges
The First Advising Era
A period between 1870-1970 where institutions began offering more flexible curriculums with electives and the supplementary model of advising
The Second Advising Era
The period since 1970 where advising has become an examined activity, supporting various models at different kinds of institutions
The Third Advising Era
All students are assigned to an instructional faculty member for advising. There is no advising office.
Faculty-Only Model
All students are assigned to an instructional faculty for advising. There is an advising office that provides general academic information and referrals for students, but all advising transactions must be approved by the student’s faculty advisor.
Supplementary Model
A specific group(s) of students are advised in an advising office. All other students are assigned to academic units or faculty advisors.
Split Model
Each student has two advisors. A member of the instructional faculty advises the student on matters related to the major. An advisor in an advising office advises the student on general requirements, procedures, and policies.
Dual Model
Staff members of an administrative unit are responsible for advising all students for a specified period of time or until some specific requirements have been met. After meeting these requirements, students are assigned to an academic subunit or member of the instructional faculty for advising.
Total Intake Model
Each school, college, or division within the institution has established its own approach to advising.
Satellite Model
Advising for all students from the point of enrollment to the point of departure is done by staff in a centralized unit.
Self-Contained Model
Institutions which have an undergraduate focus and tend to focus on the Faculty-Only Model
Liberal Arts Colleges
Initially created to provide teacher training with a focus on the Faculty-Only model, many have evolved into 4-year institutions.
Normal Schools
Institutions established largely after the Land Grant Act of 1890 which created segregated institutions for blacks.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
Institutions offering two year degrees in both academic and vocational training which usually follow a blend of Self-Contained and Split models of advising.
Community Colleges
Large, complex institutions which emphasize faculty productivity, where public schools emphasize the Split model but private school emphasize the Faculty-Only model.
Research Universities
Tax exempt institutions with donors, stakeholders, shared governance, and emphasize knowledge-cultivation
Non-profit institutions
Tax paying institutions with investors and stockholders, emphasizing traditional top-down management style and applying learning to market-driven problems
For-profit institutions
Ideas that can only be indirectly observed that we treat as things to study in a field
Constructs
An explanation for how something works
Theory
8 advising theories include …
- Friendship
- Strengths-based
- Socratic self-examination
- Conflict resolution
- Teaching
- Educating
- Prescriptive
- Developmental
Inquiry that uses formal methods, such as qualitative, quantitative, or historical, to answer a question based on a theory
Research
Beliefs accepted without proof within the context of an inquiry based on a theory
Assumptions
