CNAS UAAC Goals

The CNAS UAAC goals were adopted and modified from goals created by the Center for Advancement in Standards in Higher Education (cas.edu) for Academic Advising Centers which can be found HERE:

1. STUDENT SUCCESS

• Students will know how to create their own support network
  • Peer Mentors
  • Workshops
  •  LC/NASC 091
• Students will be able to participate in high impact opportunities      
  • Learning Communities
  • Undergrad Research
  • Study abroad
  • Industry Internships
• Students will have a strong sense of CNAS Identity
  • Relationships
  • Integration
  • Networks

2. THROUGH INDIVIDUALIZED AND STUDENT-CENTERED ADVISING

• Students will learn to navigate and proficiently use the degree audit, R’Web, student profile, and other advising online resources in order to:
  • Select appropriate major courses
  • Select appropriate breadth courses
  • Project remaining degree and unit requirements
• Students will understand major requirements by degree type in order to make timely progress towards graduation
• Students will demonstrate understanding of unit workload per term for timely graduation
  • Students will demonstrate academic preparedness by enrolling in 15-16 units per term

3. THROUGH STUDENT AUTONOMY & SELF DIRECTION

• Students will proficiently create quarterly course plans to make timely progress towards graduation
• Students will effectively use the CNAS Advising Website to reference all course planning material
• Students will actively use and navigate through the R’Web portal, Registrar: catalog, academic calendar, graduation, degree audit, and student profile to understand overall degree requirements and meet deadlines
• Students will proactively use the CNAS Enrollment Management Center for enrollment assistance when encountering prerequisite error issues

Assessment

The quality of our services is assessed in the following ways:

• AdvisorTrac Surveys are a collection of six, quick questions which are e-mailed to all students after each CNAS UAAC visit.   The survey responses are collected and reviewed daily by the director and used to give our staff immediate and typically positive feedback on their services.  Survey responses are also used to identify and fix any gaps or challenges in services, if they occur
• Advisor Self-Assessments are comprehensive surveys filled out by each advisor annually.  These results are reviewed by the advisor’s supervisor to ensure quality and consistency in advising information and information delivery techniques
• Advisor Observations are completed by supervisors on an annual basis.  Supervisors use a similar document to the Advisor Self-Assessment above to foster a dialog between the advisor and the supervisor to ensure quality and consistency in advising information, information delivery techniques, and to identify and fill any training gaps
•  iEval Advising Surveys are the comprehensive advising survey tool distributed to our entire student population each spring via the campus iEval system.  Response rates range from 15-50% annually.  This survey centers on determining how well our student population views our ability to meet the advising goals above.  Detailed survey data on each advisor is given to the appropriate supervisor and results are reviewed with the advisor.  Results are used to validate advisor effectiveness and to identify training gaps so they can be addressed.  Results are also used to identify and facilitate suitable peer-to-peer advisor partnerships to improve services.  Summarized data from the iEval survey is published in our annual report each Fall