Timeline
Early Fall 2022 - Internal Landscape Assessment (including student perspectives)
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Qualtrics responses via College Associate Deans & Head Advisors (October 3 - November 4)
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Qualtrics responses via Directors of Academic Counseling units (October 6 - November 7)
Late Fall 2022 - Analysis of materials & internal report preparation
Early Winter 2023 - External Review
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External Reviewers via NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising will be on campus January 25, 26, & 27th.
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Dr Jennifer Joslin, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs - Drury University
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Dr Karen Sullivan-Vance, Associate Director for Strategic Program Development - NACADA
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Visit Schedule can be found here
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Visit Recap
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Over their three day campus visit, our external reviewers interacted with OSU community members across 19 distinct sessions (the 18 sessions listed on the schedule linked above, plus 1 additional student session that was added on Friday, January 27th).
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In addition to the student voice elements (NSSE advising module, transitions survey, etc) that were shared as part of the pre-visit landscape assessment and documentation, the reviewers were able to interact directly with 25 students (Agricultural Sciences, Business, Engineering, Forestry, Honors College, Liberal Arts, PHHS, Science, and UESP) during their visit .
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Due to their roles and various affiliations, several members of the community met with the reviewers in more than one session. All totaled, across the three days, the reviewers heard from 121 distinct community members.
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All session participants were also invited to share additional feedback via email before February 3rd.
Winter/Spring 2023 - Consideration of findings/recommendations.
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The Project Team recieved the external report on March 15, 2023
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The Project Team will triangulate the internal reports, the external report, and their own impressions from the internal/external review.
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AAR Project Team shares findings/recommendations with related bodies such as the Provost's Council of Deans (PCOD), the Academic Advising Council (AAC) & the Undergaduate Education Council (UEC). Steps forward are discussed, decided upon, and enacted with these groups.
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Update shared from Alix Gitelman & Dan Larson (May 12, 2023): "Based on the landscape analysis and the information provided through the external reviewers, as well as information from other sources (e.g., recent surveys, scholarship), we will be developing an analysis of the most significant challenges and barriers our students encounter in advising at OSU and the formulation of highest possible impact solutions to those challenges. We have asked Brandi Fuhrman, Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs, and Steve Wuhs, Associate Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, to lead this next step of our work as a community. They will engage members of the advising community and other stakeholders as they continue this important work, as well as provide access to report provided by the external reviewers."