Welcome to The Citadel’s Advising Hub!
The Advising Hub serves as a central resource for academic advising at The Citadel. It brings together guidance, tools, and information to support academic planning, student success, and degree completion.
Explore the Hub for advising guidance, essential academic resources, information about student populations, and support for navigating the academic experience at The Citadel.
Vision
The Citadel will provide exemplary advising to support student engagement contributing to the development of tomorrow’s principled leaders.
Mission
The Citadel shall further its mission to develop principled leaders and citizen-soldiers, by supporting all students in achieving academic, career, and life goals through effective, individualized advising.
Definition
Advising is a partnership between the student and the advisor, in which the student assumes a leadership role in exploring and pursuing informed academic, career, and life goals.
What is NACADA?
The National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) (opens in a new tab) is a global community for academic advising dedicated to advancing the field of academic advising in higher education. Through conferences (opens in a new tab), publications, research support, and a wide network of professionals, NACADA fosters collaboration, innovation, and continued learning for advisors. It serves as a hub for sharing best practices and promotes advising as a key component of student success and development.
NACADA Advising Professional Standards
At The Citadel, academic advising plays a vital role in developing principled leaders. Guided by the nationally recognized standards of NACADA, our advising philosophy emphasizes teaching, learning, and student development while equipping advisors to support cadets and students with integrity, clarity, and care.
Definition & Scope of Practice (opens in a new tab)
- Defines academic advising as a profession and outlines its purpose, responsibilities, and role in supporting student success.
Core Values (opens in a new tab)
- Describes the principles and ethical commitments that guide meaningful advising relationships.
Core Competencies (opens in a new tab)
- Identifies the knowledge, skills, and behaviors expected of effective academic advisors.
Concept of Academic Advising (opens in a new tab)
- Explains advising as a collaborative teaching and learning process that promotes students’ educational, career, and personal development.
