Advising with the End in Mind

September 2, 2020

Fellows:
Kathy Temple-Miller, Washington State Community College
Ty-Juan Young-Bright, Eastern Gateway Community College
Crystal Jones, Clark State Community College

Project Advisor:
Krista O’Neill, Ohio Association of Community Colleges

Executive Summary:
Holistic and intrusive advising should begin with the end goal in mind, which is the students’ career and academic goal. Colleges must recognize that career and academic pathways are not one and the same. Colleges have traditionally treated career advising as separate and distinct from academic advising, and as a result, students sometimes receive conflicting messages about how best to achieve their goals. Clear and impactful advising is essential for student success in college and postgraduate. The pathways team will identify key intervention points along the loss momentum framework when colleges should proactively monitor students and use career and transfer data to improve student success rates and build relationships. We will develop training plans that colleges can use to ensure widespread understanding of, use of and access to career and transfer data. Advising with the end in mind requires everyone to be engaged in these efforts from application to the transition outcomes defined in the loss and momentum framework.