Readings and Resources on Undergraduate Advising

Please refer to the Readings and Resources page on the FYE Task Force site here as well. What follows are items more generally concerned with undergraduate advising.

Essential Resources

Academic Advising: A Comprehensive Handbook, by Gordon, Habley, Grites, and Assocaite, Jossey-Bass (2008). I have a copy of this text available for loan, as do Carol and Laura.

The National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) is an association of professional advisers, counselors, faculty, administrators, and students working to enhance the educational development of students.

From the NACADA site pay particular attention to the three documents defining the core values of academic advising:

CAS Standards for Academic Advising

Concept of Academic Advising

Core Values of Academic Advising

External Institutes and Centers related to Undergraduate Education

• The Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles serves as an interdisciplinary center for research, evaluation, information, policy studies, and research training in postsecondary education and is home of a forty-yearold longitudinal study of freshman characteristics and behaviors.
• The Center for the Study of Higher Education at Penn State conducts theory-based research that informs efforts to improve higher education policy and practice.
• Association of American Colleges and Universities
• Teagle Foundation (supports educational initiatives)

Resources for Institutional Initiatives (from Mary Hunter)

• New Student Orientation—The National Orientation Directors Association (NODA) provides education, leadership, and professional development in the fields of college student orientation, transition, and retention.
• Undergraduate Research—The Winter 2006 issue of Peer Review is an excellent resource on undergraduate research initiatives.

Specific Programs of Interest

Penn State Advising (Dr. Eric White) -- You will have to scroll down the left side to find "Advising" and then click to see the material Dr. White presented in his talk.