ERIC Number: ED625740
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Mar-11
Pages: 7
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The Many Facets of Faculty Involvement in the Implementation Process: A Case Study of Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. Issue Brief
Fried, Michael; McDaniel, Christy
ITHAKA S+R
Advising undergraduate students on how to succeed in their academics, careers, and life is one of the most common practices in higher education. Advising is also something that many institutions struggle to resource or coordinate sufficiently, potentially leaving students without needed support on their paths to successful program completion. The barriers to a successful college experience are not borne equally across higher education. In fact, the institutions that serve the highest proportions of students from historically minoritized backgrounds (including low-income, Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian/Pacific Islander, and first-generation students), are often under-resourced, making the implementation of effective and efficient advising especially challenging but even more vital. To help address student needs, many institutions turn to technology to support the faculty, primary-role advisors, and students engaged in the advising process. Technology can support various functions within the advising process, including caseload management, identifying students who may benefit from proactive outreach, or empowering students with more information about and control of their academic journey. Advising technologies allow institutions to collect more data on course progression, major selection, and other success metrics, as well as more efficiently disaggregate that data to interrogate and respond to differential outcomes experienced by minoritized groups. In order to hear from a diverse collection of institutions, the authors sought to engage with institutions across the United States who had successfully implemented an advising technology, whether a "home grown" system or a vended product. Both Ithaka S+R and EDUCAUSE invited institutions they worked with in the past on advising-related projects and also made open calls for participants. This research brief highlights several of the diverse roles that faculty members play in the advising technology implementation process through the experience of Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC), a multi-campus technical college offering primarily certificates and two-year degree programs.
Descriptors: College Faculty, Technical Education, Technology Uses in Education, Teacher Participation, Program Implementation, Teacher Role, Two Year Colleges, Academic Advising
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Ithaka S+R
Identifiers - Location: Wisconsin
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