The blended advising model is intended to integrate academic advising into the teaching and learning mission of UNG. Teachers and advisors provide a context for learning that helps students make sense of their education as a whole and not just as a series of isolated events. Like teaching, academic advising is made up of a curriculum, (the information advisors work with), and a pedagogy (the various approaches used in advising), that support positive student learning outcomes.
Maximize Your Major sessions at new student orientations, mandatory advising, faculty mentoring, degree sequence maps, and predictive analytic technology all capitalize on the similarities between advising and teaching. In this way, the blended advising model fosters intentional interactions between advisors and students to enhance progression and retention.