Institutional Vision and Academic Advising
Quality academic advising in higher education is the product of a multitude of elements not the least of which is institutional vision. By recognizing and embracing an institution's concept of its capabilities and the kinds of educated human beings it is attempting to cultivate, advisors gain an invaluable apparatus to guide the provision of effective educational planning to students. In a case study survey, we assessed whether and how institutional vision can be transformed into action as both vision-driven initiatives and more incidental activities reflective of an institution's vision statement.
Relative emphasis: theory, research, practice
Contributor Notes
Robert Abelman is Professor of Communication at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio. He can be reached at r.abelman@csuohio.edu.
Anthony D. Molina is Associate Dean for Transfer Recruitment and Advising at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio. He can be reached at a.molina@csuohio.edu.
This is the first of a series of articles on institutional vision. The second article, which reports on a national survey of NACADA-member advising supervisors and the extent to which vision is known by personnel, reflected in the governing models of advising operations, and transformed into day-to-day student advising activities, will appear in the next issue of this journal.
