Recommendation from the Academic Programs and New Initiatives Task Force:
Expand the training and usage of the Pathways concept as an optional tool for advisers and mentors to enable successful advising and mentoring, providing students with clearly defined opportunities for involvement and paths for success.
Additional explanation:
Pathways is a book developed by the Career Center to assist students in organizing their college involvements to develop a comprehensive career path. In addition, an optional initiative could be developed for juniors and seniors to expand the Pathways concept beyond college and to create steps for success in the years following graduation.
This recommendation was placed in the Personal Growth and Development Strategic Framework Substantive Category using the language:
Further develop a campus wide advising/mentoring community that aims to meet the growing number of diverse advising and mentoring needs of all our students, including the recent work of the Men’s Leadership Initiative.
This recommendation was placed is Tier 1 and is being monitored by the Provost and Dean of the College.