Advisor
Resources on the Web
The following Web pages are informative resources for
college advisers:
- UWSP Career Services:
The Career Services Office home page includes information on
internships, on-campus interviews, graduate schools, employment
vacancies, and a lot more.
- Academic
Advising Resources on the Internet: This is rated as one of the
top sites on the Internet as it has the most comprehensive
collection of information for advisers. This site includes
information on: academic and career counseling; innovative uses of
the Internet; financial aid information; study abroad; study skills
and learning assistance; special populations; advising guides and
manuals; business, law, and health professions; graduate school
information; higher education and technology; jobs in higher
education; mailing lists and discussion groups; testing services and
test preparation.
- National Academic Advising
Association (NACADA): This is the National Academic Advising
Association's home page. NACADA members include professional
advisers/counselors, faculty, administrators, and students whose
responsibilities include academic advising. The NACADA page offers
advising resources and professional development opportunities.
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The National Clearinghouse for Academic Advising: This page
provides a list of publications on: Advising Special Student
Populations; Award Winning NACADA Programs; Community College
Advising; Ethical Issues; Evaluation and Assessment; Freshman
Advising Issues; and Retention Issues.
- The Mentor: An Academic
Advising Journal: a free electronic publication about academic
advising in higher education. The goal of this journal (available
only on the Web) is to provide a mechanism for the rapid
dissemination of new ideas about advising and for ongoing discourse
about advising issues. Toward this goal, articles in the journal are
published continuously in a
current issue in progress.43028
- Wisconsin Academic Advising
Association: WACADA provides opportunities for networking and
professional development, encourages members to participate in
professional development activities, supports and promotes
professional standards of academic advising, fosters recognition of
academic advising as a profession; and, as an affiliate of the
National Academic Advising Association, supports NACADA goals and
programs.