2018 Revised Action Steps

Advising Strategic Plan

Vision:

Advising at Washington State University is a valued partnership with students, faculty, and administrators that builds educational relationships integral to academic success.

Mission:

Academic advising builds collaborative student-centered relationships that support achievement of personal development and academic success.

Goals:

• An academic advising program valued by students, faculty, staff, and administrators.
• An academic advising program that focuses on student-centered relationships.
• An academic advising program with consistency and clarity of message.

Academic Advising Strategic Action Plan 2018:

• A valued academic advising program
  • Open houses for different departments
  • Better idea in community about what advising is
    • Training for chairs/directors on advising core duties
    • Monthly newsletter about advising for university system
  • Mandatory advisor training with 100% participation (related to communication plan on academic advising)
• Academic advising that focuses on student-centered relationships
  • Survey students for satisfaction, their needs in advising
  • Implement “Murrow Updates” type of communication plan
  • Implement “no advising hold” advising and registration
• Academic advising with consistency and clarity of message
  • Centralized messaging so advisors aren’t recreating the wheel — 411
  • Developing campus specific modules/templates for Blackboard
  • Survey advisors on SSC, BB adoption and find out if they are not using; if not, why not