Academic Advising: A Comprehensive Handbook

Academic Advising: A Comprehensive Handbook
ISBN-10
0470371706
ISBN-13
9780470371701
Category
Education
Pages
568
Language
English
Published
2008-09-29
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Authors
Wesley R. Habley, Virginia N. Gordon, Thomas J. Grites

Description

One of the challenges in higher education is helping students toachieve academic success while ensuring their personal andvocational needs are fulfilled. In this updated edition more thanthirty experts offer their knowledge in what has become the mostcomprehensive, classic reference on academic advising. They explorethe critical aspects of academic advising and provide insights forfull-time advisors, counselors, and those who oversee studentadvising or have daily contact with advisors and students. New chapters on advising administration and collaboration withother campus services A new section on perspectives on advising including those ofCEOs, CAOs (chief academic officers), and CSAOs (chief studentaffairs officers) More emphasis on two-year colleges and the importance ofresearch to the future of academic advising New case studies demonstrate how advising practices havebeen put to use.

Other editions

Similar books