The Graduate Certificate in Academic Advising aims to educate and train individuals to improve their academic advising knowledge, skills, and attitudes and potentially increase college student success and graduation.
Using the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) core values and the Council for Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) for academic advising, the EDLD faculty incorporated the major national goals for academic advisors.
What You Will Learn
You will learn to promote student growth and development; discuss and clarify educational, career, and personal goals; understand the institutional, general education, and major requirements of an institution; and advise on the selection of appropriate course and other educational experiences. You will develop the skills to evaluate and monitor student academic progress and the impact on achievement of goals; and to direct students with educational, career, or personal concerns, or skill or learning deficiencies to other resources and programs on a campus.
Upon completion you will have knowledge of relevant data about student needs, preferences, and performance for use in institutional decisions and policy
and of latest technology for delivery of advising information.