# Academic Advising

*/Departments/Academic_Advising*

## Neighborhood

### Related (delivered by)

- [Student Retention and Advising](/Processes/Student_Retention_and_Advising) — delivered by · Processes
- [Advising Outreach](/Processes/Advising_Outreach) — delivered by · Processes
- [Advise political science students.](/Tasks/Advise_political_science_students.) — delivered by · Tasks
- [Refer students to degree programs based on interests, aptitudes, or educational assessments.](/Tasks/Refer_students_to_degree_programs_based_on_interests,_aptitudes,_or_educational_assessments.) — delivered by · Tasks
- [Counsel students regarding educational issues, such as course and program selection, class schedulin...](/Tasks/Counsel_students_regarding_educational_issues,_such_as_course_and_program_selection,_class_schedulin...) — delivered by · Tasks
- [Review transcripts to ensure that students meet graduation or college entrance requirements, and wri...](/Tasks/Review_transcripts_to_ensure_that_students_meet_graduation_or_college_entrance_requirements,_and_wri...) — delivered by · Tasks
- [Write letters of recommendation for students.](/Tasks/Write_letters_of_recommendation_for_students.) — delivered by · Tasks
- [Develop academic planning and counseling services](/Processes/Develop_academic_planning_and_counseling_services) — delivered by · Processes
- [Monitor completion of graduation plans](/Processes/Monitor_completion_of_graduation_plans) — delivered by · Processes
- [Identify student needs and requirements to complete graduation requirements](/Processes/Identify_student_needs_and_requirements_to_complete_graduation_requirements) — delivered by · Processes
- [Identify student needs](/Processes/Identify_student_needs) — delivered by · Processes

### Measured by

- [Time To Degree](/Metrics/Time_To_Degree) — measured by · Metrics
- [Early-Alert Response Time](/Metrics/Early-Alert_Response_Time) — measured by · Metrics
- [Advising Caseload per Advisor](/Metrics/Advising_Caseload_per_Advisor) — measured by · Metrics
- [Student Retention Rate](/Metrics/Student_Retention_Rate) — measured by · Metrics
- [Advising Appointment Coverage](/Metrics/Advising_Appointment_Coverage) — measured by · Metrics

### Processes it runs

- [Case-Manage At-Risk Students](/Processes/Case-Manage_At-Risk_Students) — runs · Processes
- [Advise Students on Course Selection](/Processes/Advise_Students_on_Course_Selection) — runs · Processes
- [Referring Students to Support Services](/Processes/Referring_Students_to_Support_Services) — runs · Processes
- [Developing Individual Academic Plans](/Processes/Developing_Individual_Academic_Plans) — runs · Processes
- [Reviewing Degree Progress and Audits](/Processes/Reviewing_Degree_Progress_and_Audits) — runs · Processes

### Problems this exposes

- [Time-to-Degree extended by multi-term plans that go stale when a planned course isn't offered, with no automatic re-plan, so the metric records a delay the advising tooling caused](/Problems/Time-to-Degree_extended_by_multi-term_plans_that_go_stale_when_a_planned_course_isn't_offered,_with_no_automatic_re-plan,_so_the_metric_records_a_delay_the_advising_tooling_caused) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Student-Retention Rate undercut when course-load advice isn't checked against financial-aid SAP rules, so the advising the dept is measured on can itself trigger the aid loss that drops retention](/Problems/Student-Retention_Rate_undercut_when_course-load_advice_isn't_checked_against_financial-aid_SAP_rules,_so_the_advising_the_dept_is_measured_on_can_itself_trigger_the_aid_loss_that_drops_retention) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Early-Alert Response-Time measured from an alert that often fires only after the student has already withdrawn, so fast response to a stale signal still misses the intervention window](/Problems/Early-Alert_Response-Time_measured_from_an_alert_that_often_fires_only_after_the_student_has_already_withdrawn,_so_fast_response_to_a_stale_signal_still_misses_the_intervention_window) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Caseload-per-Advisor counts heads without weighting the case-by-case degree-audit exceptions and substitutions, so two equal caseloads hide very different real workloads](/Problems/Caseload-per-Advisor_counts_heads_without_weighting_the_case-by-case_degree-audit_exceptions_and_substitutions,_so_two_equal_caseloads_hide_very_different_real_workloads) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Appointment-Coverage targets spread advisor time uniformly with no triage of who needs a human, so coverage looks complete while at-risk students get the same slot as the thriving](/Problems/Appointment-Coverage_targets_spread_advisor_time_uniformly_with_no_triage_of_who_needs_a_human,_so_coverage_looks_complete_while_at-risk_students_get_the_same_slot_as_the_thriving) — exposes problem · Problems
- [degree-audit engine rules lag the latest catalog changes, clearing students against superseded requirements](/Problems/degree-audit_engine_rules_lag_the_latest_catalog_changes,_clearing_students_against_superseded_requirements) — exposes problem · Problems
- [course-selection advice doesn't account for live seat availability or time conflicts in the schedule](/Problems/course-selection_advice_doesn't_account_for_live_seat_availability_or_time_conflicts_in_the_schedule) — exposes problem · Problems
- [multi-term academic plans go stale when a planned course isn't offered that semester, with no automatic re-plan](/Problems/multi-term_academic_plans_go_stale_when_a_planned_course_isn't_offered_that_semester,_with_no_automatic_re-plan) — exposes problem · Problems
- [referrals to tutoring and counseling handed off with no closed-loop confirmation the student connected](/Problems/referrals_to_tutoring_and_counseling_handed_off_with_no_closed-loop_confirmation_the_student_connected) — exposes problem · Problems
- [course-load recommendations not checked against financial-aid SAP and enrollment-intensity rules, risking aid eligibility](/Problems/course-load_recommendations_not_checked_against_financial-aid_SAP_and_enrollment-intensity_rules,_risking_aid_eligibility) — exposes problem · Problems
- [transfer-credit articulation is re-evaluated manually per incoming transcript](/Problems/transfer-credit_articulation_is_re-evaluated_manually_per_incoming_transcript) — exposes problem · Problems
- [advisor caseloads spike at registration with no triage of who needs a human](/Problems/advisor_caseloads_spike_at_registration_with_no_triage_of_who_needs_a_human) — exposes problem · Problems
- [degree-audit exceptions and course substitutions are adjudicated case by case](/Problems/degree-audit_exceptions_and_course_substitutions_are_adjudicated_case_by_case) — exposes problem · Problems
- [prerequisite-chain conflicts block graduation paths that weren't caught early](/Problems/prerequisite-chain_conflicts_block_graduation_paths_that_weren't_caught_early) — exposes problem · Problems
- [at-risk students surface in early-alert systems only after they've already withdrawn](/Problems/at-risk_students_surface_in_early-alert_systems_only_after_they've_already_withdrawn) — exposes problem · Problems

### Staff

- [Degree Audit Specialist](/JobTypes/Degree_Audit_Specialist) — staff · JobTypes
- [Advising Center Director](/JobTypes/Advising_Center_Director) — staff · JobTypes
- [Success Coach](/JobTypes/Success_Coach) — staff · JobTypes
- [Senior Academic Advisor](/JobTypes/Senior_Academic_Advisor) — staff · JobTypes
- [Academic Advisor](/JobTypes/Academic_Advisor) — staff · JobTypes

### Part of

- [Community College](/CompanyTypes/Community_College) — part of · CompanyTypes
- [University](/CompanyTypes/University) — part of · CompanyTypes