<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%> WCET: Quadrant Exercise

Quadrant Priority Exercise
for Academic Advising
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This exercise can be helpful in identifying the components of academic advising and prioritizing them.

First brainstorm the components or activities involved in academic advising at your institution. List the components and assign two rankings from 1 to 4, with 1 being the lowest, for each component to evaluate HOW WELL your institution does the component and HOW IMPORTANT it is to your institution.

An example is shown below in gray.

Academic Advising Component
How Well
How Important
1. Educational planning
3
4
2. Progress monitoring
2
3
3. Degree audit
3
3
4. Transfer information
2
3
5. Transcript evaluation
1
2
6. Listserv for advisees
1
2
7. Student photos
1
2
8. All forms online
2
3
9. Advisor log and notes
2
4


Plot the list number of each component in the quadrant below along the axes according to the rankings.

 

Your institution may want to focus on the components that fall in the bottom right quadrant — those that are important but are not done well.

In the example, numbers 3, 4, 8 and 9 are the most imporant but not done well so they would be the priorities.

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