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LTI-ENA-025

Establish standardized training programs in appreciative transfer advising models

Two-year to four-yearappliesFour-year to two-yearappliesFour-year to four-yearapplies

Mechanism

Advisors are trained in appreciative advising: open questions, the student's own goals first. Complaints about advisors being unhelpful drop.

Preconditions

A standard training curriculum and workshops on the framework.

Owner, by role

Director of Advising and Student Success

Who can act

One institution alone

Effort

Small, 3 months to first visible effect

Outcome metric

Post-advising satisfaction scores; advisor complaints

Failure modes

Advisors may view appreciative models as generic techniques, returning to checklist advising during peak periods.

Contra-indications

None stated