Based on NISS recommendations, the institution is standardizing advising systems, protocols, training, and practices for professional and faculty advisors to ensure students receive a consistent standard of advising care across all advising units, academic departments, colleges, and campuses.
Based on NISS recommendations, the institution is standardizing advising systems, protocols, training, and practices for professional and faculty advisors to ensure students receive a consistent standard of advising care across all advising units, academic departments, colleges, and campuses.
Initial KPI will be percentage of programs covered by professional advisors and the percentage of students who meet with professional advisors in 0-30CH; 31-60CH.
Assessing yearly. Currently, we have expanded the professional advising model to include all students within all majors with Learning Support course requirements. In process of implementing expansion of Fine Arts and majors within College of Arts & Letters not currently assigned to Professional Advisors into the PA model on Dahlonega and Gainesville Campus. Additionally, expanding programs covered by PA on the Oconee Campus. Both implementations are expected to be completed by late 2025/early 2026.
UNG has created, as recommended by NISS, an Institutional Advising Council (IAC). The IAC’s first tasks are to develop a training program for all advisors. The institution also added three additional professional advisors, thus increasing the capacity for advising to serve more students.
Based on IAC guidance, expansion of available advising training and resources for non-centralized and faculty advisors is in development.
Additional next steps expected by IAC include standardizing use of technology to support advising
The IAC will build appropriate training for all academic advisors. For FY 25-26, four new advisor positions were created with one allocated to the Mike Cottrell College of Business and three for Academic Advising Centers.
Funding, physical space, and training compliance for advisors.
Funding to support new advisor lines and possible purchasing of technology platform to support recommendations of technology from Advising Council
