April marks Community College Month in the United States, a time to celebrate the important role community colleges play in providing accessible and affordable education to students from all walks of life. 

This month, we are proud to highlight the high-impact advising practices put into practice by faculty and staff in community colleges across the country. 

What We're Reading

Community College Case Study Showcase:

Advising as a Tool for Student Success and Educational Equity

Community colleges have used their local roots to increase access to higher education. The colleges highlighted in the collections below are improving their structures and policies to provide a student-centered approach to education. 

• LaGuardia Community College, Advising in the First-Year Seminar for Business
  
  
• Northern Virginia Community College, GPS for Success

• Bakersfield College, High-Tech, High-Tough Career Counseling and Advising
  
  
• Lorain County Community College, It Takes a (Customized) Village: Holistic Supports 2.0
  
  
• Norco College, Guided Onboarding: Career-Focused Advising and Holistic Student Support

• South Texas College, How South Texas College Transformed Advising Using Technology and Data

Events

 Recap: Presenting at
NASPA's Annual Conference

During NASPA's annual conference, the ASN hosted two presentations. Resources for each can be found below:

• The New Normal: Elevating Advising as a High-Impact Practice
  
  
• Holistic Advising Redesign: Strategies & Tools to Make the Business Case for Campus Investment

Mission

Our mission is to help institutions build a culture of student success, with a focus on Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian, and Pacific Islander students, as well as students from low-income backgrounds, by identifying, building, and scaling equitable and holistic advising solutions that support all facets of the student experience.

Vision

Our vision is a higher education landscape that has eliminated race and income as predictors of student success through a reformed approach to advising, in which all students are supported through a seamless, personalized postsecondary experience that creates better personal, academic, and professional outcomes.