Advising Tech: Have You Tried Turning It Off and Back On?

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

1. Define advising technology and identify how technology can support student success. 
2. Summarize the state of the field.   
3. Articulate how advising tech can be used as a tool to support racial and socioeconomic equity goals on campus (and where it can hurt).
4. Identify institutions and the holistic advising redesign on each campus supported by technology. 

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.

Guidelines for earning CE credit: 

No partial credit will be rewarded. 

Participants must also complete the feedback survey in the Online Learning Community.

Credit is available for attending the live session or viewing the on-demand recording.