Advising Tech: Have You Tried Turning It Off and Back On?
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Advising Technology refers to the source systems, advising tools, and add-on student support features that provide information from and about students to institutions. The application of one or more of these technologies introduces efficiencies by automating common transactional elements of planning and advising services, enabling more opportunities to create and foster meaningful relationships between students and their advisor(s) and promoting intentional and holistic advising by design.
The information collected and analyzed using advising technology can also assist institutions in learning more about how strategic, personalized attention and support can be offered to meet the specific needs of students and further their success. Through the use and application of advising technology, institutions can advance more equitable, high-quality, and effective programs and policies that center the experiences of Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian, Pacific Islander, and low-income students and ultimately improve student learning outcomes.
Learning Objectives
- Define advising technology and identify how technology can support student success.
- Summarize the state of the field.
- Articulate how advising tech can be used as a tool to support racial and socioeconomic equity goals on campus (and where it can hurt).
- Identify institutions and the holistic advising redesign on each campus supported by technology.
Elise Newkirk-Kotfila
Assistant Vice President for Strategy and Partnerships
NASPA
Elise Newkirk-Kotfila serves as the assistant vice president for strategy and partnerships at NASPA–Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. Her work focuses on student success research and partnerships, and she leads the Advising Success Network, a dynamic network of national organizations partnering to engage institutions in holistic advising redesign to advance success for all students, including Black, Latinx/a/o, Indigenous, Asian, and Pacific Islander students and poverty-affected students. The network provides technical assistance and resources to guide colleges and universities through advising redesign initiatives and has supported over 267 institutions in 30 states. Prior to her work at NASPA, Elise served as the director of applied learning for the State University of New York (SUNY), where she led SUNY’s 64 campuses through an applied learning initiative which culminated in providing at least one high-quality experiential learning opportunity to 460,000 students. Elise has served on national advisory councils and boards, including on the executive board for the Society for Experiential Education. Elise holds a master’s degree from the University at Albany where she studied Women’s Studies and Public Policy with a research concentration on community-university partnerships and a bachelor’s degree in Women’s Studies from The College of Saint Rose.
Kathe Pelletier
Director, Teaching and Learning Program
EDUCAUSE
Shmona Simpson
Founder and CEO
Paritii
Continuing Education Credits
This session counts for 1.0 CSAEd-CORE credit
NASPA has been approved by the Higher Education Consortium for Student Affairs Certification to provide CE credit for Certified Student Affairs Educators (CSAEd). NASPA is solely responsible for all aspects of this program.
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