Student affairs professionals are urged to expand their roles in response to the changing enrollment patterns, focusing on recruitment, enrollment and retention, and developing programs which attract new markets to the community college. Their potential assistance to faculty and the academic program is described. Certain model programs are…

Traces the development of the part-time academic advisement program at John Wood Community College (a college with no full-time faculty of its own). Enumerates the problems which necessitated the use of part-time advisers, profiles the staff involved, and presents the results of the first year's evaluation. (AYC)

Describes advertising sales strategies to help faculty advisers of community college newspapers increase revenues. Argues that sales representatives should know their product well and maintain demographic information on the paper's readership. Includes strategies for organizing advertising staff, searching for potential clients, and taking charge…

This paper describes the Advisement Intervention System at East Central Community College (ECCC) in Decatur, Mississippi, recognized by the Small/Rural Community College Commission as an "exemplary program." The paper also provides suggestions for revising or developing an advising program. Many advising programs are not adequate because…

This five-part report summarizes the development, implementation, and evaluation of an experimental advisement and registration process for new students at Glendale Community College. Part I examines the impetus for the new program in the college's desire to more effectively place students in need of developmental instruction and, then, outlines…

Developed for local faculty senates and individual faculty members in the California Community Colleges (CCC), this report provides suggestions, strategies, and tips for undertaking faculty mentoring efforts aimed at increasing the persistence and transfer of underrepresented students in the CCC. Following an introduction and brief discussion of…