Advising Business Majors: Maximizing the Payoffs Towards Academic Success

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• Title of Presentation
• Advising Business Majors Maximizing the Payoffs
  Towards Academic Success
  
• Format/Code concurrent session/596
• Presenters
• Adolfo Benavides, Texas AM University-Corpus
  Christi
  
• Katharine Fischer, Texas AM University-Corpus
  Christi
  
• Liz Palacios, Texas AM University-Corpus
  Christi
  
• Alberto Royo, Texas AM University-Corpus Christi

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College of Business Advising TeamA Handful of
Aces

• Alberto R. Royo, Sr. Academic Advisor
• Adolfo Benavides, Assistant Dean
• Katharine Fischer, Academic Advisor
• Liz Palacios, Academic Advisor

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Agenda

• University Background
• Evolution of COB Advising Center
• COB Advising Mission Statement
• Goals and Objectives of COB Advising Program
• Roles of Advisor
• Assessment
• Conclusion

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University Background

• Texas AM University-Corpus Christi is located on
  its own 240 acre island. It was founded in 1947
  as a Baptist university.
  
• Fall 2005 Enrollment 8,471

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Degrees Offered

• Bachelor of Business Administration
• Master of Business Administration
• Master of Accountancy

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Evolution of COB Advising Center

• The University became a four-year institution in
  1994 and the demand for advising services
  steadily increased.
  
• COB had only one professional advisor for
  approximately 750 undergraduate business
  students.
  
• Faculty served as advisors primarily for freshman
  students.
  
• The College of Business achieved
  AACSB-International accreditation status in 1999.

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Evolution of COB Advising Center(cont.)

• The new advising model was implemented in 2002 in
  response to Noel-Levitz Student Satisfaction
  Survey.
  

TAMUCC 2002 Results as compared to National Group
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Evolution of COB Advising Center(cont.)

• An advising fee was instituted university wide in
  2002 to fund new professional advising positions
  including two new COB advisors.
  
• Currently the COB has a total of 1,322
  undergraduate students.
  
• The COB Advising Center consists of three
  professional advisors serving all declared
  undergraduate business students.
  
• Faculty act as mentors to all students.

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Evolution of COB Advising Center(cont.)
TAMUCC 2002 2004 Results as compared to
National Group
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COB Organizational Chart
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Mission of the COB Advising Center

• The mission of the College of Business Academic
  Advising Center is to facilitate the scholastic
  progress of undergraduate business students
  towards their graduation and to assist in their
  transition into professional careers and/or
  graduate studies.

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Goals/Objectives of COB Advising Program

• Assist in the recruitment of qualified students.
  
  
• Provide information regarding degree
  requirements, college and University policies.
  
• Undertake a pro-active approach to enhance the
  retention of academically at-risk business
  students.
  
• Assist business students in their course
  scheduling to meet prerequisites and graduation
  requirements.
  
• Support the COB in the management of the Student
  Code of Ethics and the Assurance of Learning
  programs.
  
• Serve as a liaison with University offices that
  provide services to students.
  
• Refer students to COB faculty mentors, the
  internship coordinator, the director of graduate
  programs, and/ or the Universitys Career
  Services Office.

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Recruitment

• Island Days
• Transfer Days
• High School Visits
• COB Open House
• Other Events

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Learning the Rules of the Game

• New Student Orientation sessions
• Transfer Transition Workshops
• Individual advising meetings
• Other information (degree plans, business core
  progression flowchart, etc.)

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Business Core Progression
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Proactive Approach to Student Retention

• Low-grade letters
• Registration holds (freshman, probationary
  students, etc.)
  
• Communicate regularly with students (e-mail,
  phone calls, advising sessions, etc.)
  
• Academic Contracts (academic suspension)
• Mid-term reports
• Follow-up (e-mail, phone calls, etc.)

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Assessment A Tool for Continuous Improvement

• Exit Survey
• Exit Interview Dinner
• Student Advisory Council
• Suggestion Box
• University Survey for Graduating Students
• COB Advising Survey

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COB Advising Survey

• On-line voluntary / anonymous survey
• 16 response rate

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COB Advising Survey Results Respondent
Demographics
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COB Advising Survey Results Respondent
Demographics
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COB Advising Survey Results Respondent
Demographics
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COB Advising Survey Results
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COB Advising Survey Results
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COB Advising Survey Results
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Conclusion and Future Outlook

• Improved services
• Overall student satisfaction
• Campus-wide appreciation for advisors
• Administration support for advisors
  development/training
  
• Continuous improvement
• Improve student participation in assessment