Academic Advising and Student Success
As a national expert on developmental academic advising theory and practice, Susan Frost has addressed issues such as encouraging students to assume more responsibility for educational success, engaging faculty as partners in the advising process, and increasing the substantive nature of professional advisors’ roles.
She has consulted with a variety of private and public universities and colleges. These include Furman, Georgia Tech, UC Santa Cruz, Valencia Community College (a five-year Title III project), and Yale.
Susan’s publications on topics related to advising, programs for first-year students, and college student success include:
- Books
Academic Advising for Student Success: A System of Shared Responsibility (1991). ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Reports No. 3. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
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Inside College: The Future of Undergraduate Education (1993) with Ronald Simpson. New York: Insight Books.
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Chapters in books
“Faculty Advising Examined: Enhancing the Potential of College Faculty as Advisors” (2003) with Karen Brown-Wheeler. In Gary Kramer (ed.), Strengthening and Reaffirming the Role of Faculty Advising: Key Issues, The National Data, and Strategies That Work. Boston: Anker Press.
“Historical and Philosophical Foundations for Academic Advising” (2000). In Virginia Gordon and Wesley Habley (eds.), Academic Advising: A Comprehensive Handbook , (pp. 3-17). San Francisco, Jossey-Bass.
“Advising Alliances: Faculty and First-Year Students Team Up for Success” (1995). In M. Lee Upcraft & Gary L. Kramer (eds.), First-Year Academic Advising: Patterns in the Present, Pathways to the Future (pp. 53-62), National Resource Center for The Freshman Year Experience and Students in Transition, University of South Carolina, Monograph Series Number 18.
“Designing and Implementing a Faculty-based Advising Program” (1995). In Gary L. Kramer (ed.), Reaffirming the Role of Faculty in Academic Advising (pp. 27-32), NACADA Monograph Series, Number 1.
“Academic Advising, Institutional Research, and Outcomes Assessment” (1995) with Elizabeth Creamer. In R.E. Glennen and F. N. Vowell (eds), Academic Advising as a Comprehensive Campus Process (pp. 23-26), NACADA Monograph Series, Number 2.
“Quality on Two Fronts: Undergraduate Education for the Future” (1993) with Ronald Simpson. In Defining and Assessing Quality: Papers Presented at an Invitational Seminar , Cameron Fincher, editor. Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Institute of Higher Education.
Susan’s publications on topics related to advising, programs for first-year students, and college student success include:
- Articles
“Advising Alliances: Sharing Responsibility for Student Success“ (1994), NACADA Journal, 14(2), 54-58.
“Developmental Advising: Practices and Attitudes of Faculty Advisors” (1993). NACADA Journal, 13(2), 15-20.
“Strategies to Help Freshmen Succeed” (1993). Planning for Higher Education, 21(4), 21-26.
“Enhancing the Critical Thinking of College Women through Academic Advising and Faculty Contact” (1991). Journal of College Student Development, 32, 359-366.
“A Comparison of Developmental Advising at Two Small Colleges” (1990). NACADA Journal, 10(2), 9-13.
“Academic Responsibility: Can It Be Taught?” (1989). NACADA Journal, 9(2), 17-24.
“Academic Responsibility: Can It Be Taught?” (1989). NACADA Journal, 9(2), 17-24.
Susan Frost is also known for her scholarship on higher education leadership and strategic planning and how intellectual communities form and flourish.
See Susan’s vita for a complete list of her publications.