Beginning in the fall of 2012, all new students will be assigned a faculty adviser.
To discuss how this new faculty advising plan will impact the division and the role of the existing Academic Planning Assistant position, the Business, Healthcare, and Workforce (BHW) division’s leadership team met on May 1, 2012. The new faculty advising plan is a college wide initiative matching new
students with a faculty advisor and requiring regular meetings to
discuss programs, courses and careers. BHW is the only division to have a full time Academic Planning Assistant, working closely with faculty, to help students with class choices, special admission bulletins, and program selection.
One major topic of the BHW leadership meeting was how the APA and the new faculty advising plan will work together. Much brainstorming came from the meeting. One idea was that the APA could be a gatekeeper for the faculty so that faculty can focus on helping with career issues for the students and the APA can answer more of the basic scheduling questions. For example, a student that doesn't know what classes to take next term would go to the APA, but if that student had career questions they would go to their faculty adviser.
Another idea was that the APA could be a backup during the summer since faculty are not on contract during summer months.
The BHW leadership team expressed the opinion that if a student has consistent faculty contact, they are more likely to succeed during their time at LBCC. They
also acknowledged the importance of the APA position and that in the
past two years, this position has proven its value by assisting students
through program completion. The meeting participants felt the
combination of faculty advising and APA will increase student completion
rates and decrease student misdirection.
At A Glance:
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