THE ACADV NETWORKTHE ACADV NETWORKThe Academic Advising Network for Professionals and Faculty
The National Academic Advising Association's (NACADA) electronic network - known as ACADV - is a private electronic network that provides academic advisors in higher education with advising information quickly and easily by using electronic mail (E-mail). The ACADV Network provides a forum for discussions and announcements for professional academic advisors, administrators involved in academic advising, and faculty members who have academic advising responsibilites. ACADV gives members advising information ususally found only at regional conferences; in fact, many members have noted that ACADV is "like a daily international conference on academic advising." (Kramer, G. and McCauley, M., 1995).
The ACADV Network was created by Hal Caldwell (Ball State University) in 1988 and
started with five members; today, the Network boasts over 2,500 members world-wide, and
the number grows by the hundreds every few months! Currently, ACADV is managed by Bill
Johnson - alias "Shoes" - from the University of Delaware.
Joining ACADV (How to Become a Member of the ACADV Network)
Network Options (Setting Nomail, Setting Digests, Setting Mail)
Advanced Network Options (Searching the ACADV Archives, Retrieving the Membership List, Retrieving the Self-Paced ACADV lessons)
Network Ettiquette (Basic Guidelines to Follow When Joining a Network)
Academic Advising Links (National ACademic ADvising Association, Other Advising Links)
The ACADV Electronic Journal is a professional electronic journal of scholarly articles on topics related to academic advising. It includes position papers on current issues in advising, works-in-progress, and reports of research. Hopefully, it will encourage practitioners in the field of academic advising to contribute to the literature of the profession. You can develop your skill in advising and refine your writing and communication skills using this electronic media.
Please send questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, etc. to Bill Johnson at:
This page was last updated on November 8, 1999
The address for this page: http://www.tcnj.edu/~shoes/acadv/acadv.htm