NATIONAL ACADEMIC ADVISING ASSOCIATION

The Global Community for Academic Advising

NACADA is an association of professional advisors, counselors, faculty, administrators, and students working to enhance the educational development of students. NACADA promotes and supports quality academic advising in institutions of higher education to enhance the educational development of students.

NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER

for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition

Building upon its history of excellence as the founder and leader of the first-year experience movement, the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition serves education professionals by supporting and advancing efforts to improve student learning and transitions into and through higher education.

ASSOCIATION FOR ORIENTATION, TRANSITION, AND RETENTION

in Higher Education

NODA provides education, leadership and professional development in the fields of college student orientation, transition and retention. NODA was chartered in 1976 and continues the tradition of orientation, retention and transition professionals who have met annually for over 40 years. Today, NODA is an international association comprised of professional administrators, students, faculty and related organizations.

JOHN N. GARDNER INSTITUTE

For Excellence in Undergraduate Education

By focusing its expertise on the development of assessment-based action plans with measurable outcomes, the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education fosters institutional change by enhancing accountability, coordination, and the delivery of efforts associated with student learning, success, and retention during the undergraduate experience.