Student Academic Services: An Integrated Approach

With contributions from a stellar panel of student services experts, Student Academic Services is a comprehensive resource that addresses the intricacies of today's academy and provides a hands-on guide to the expanded and complex functions of today's student academic services. This helpful book offers an in-depth examination of the most effective models, current practices, and trends in student services. The authors explore highly integrated student academic services practices from various campuses that reflect a holistic, interdependent approach to assessing and addressing the needs of students, and they offer a selection of effective management tools for assessment, evaluation, and continuous improvement. Student Academic Services includes a wealth of information on a wide variety of topics such as

Advances in information technology to make services available

A model for a comprehensive, integrated career services unit

A systematic and strategic view of academic advising

The creation of accurate, secure, and accessible academic records

The growth of financial aid and scholarship services

The challenges of helping a diverse student body achieve success

Integration of online student academic services

Management of change in student academic services

Future trends in student services

The Editor
Gary L. Kramer is associate dean of student academic and advisement services and professor in the Counseling Psychology Department at Brigham Young University. He formerly served as president of the National Academic Advising Association and won the Virginia Gordon Award for Excellence in Advising in 1994.