From the Editor

Early Journal Articles and Editors That Shaped the Evolution of Scholarly Writing in Academic Advising, 1972-2001

“…Introducing the inaugural issue of the NACADA Journal, Toni Trombley (1981) noted that a 1970 Carnegie Commission on Higher Education report, for the first time, focused attention on academic advising as ''an increasingly important aspect of higher education'' (p. ii). That focus arguably led to the publication of two 1972 articles considered classics in the advising field Schein, 1994;) and a subsequent publication (Glennen, 1976) that served as a template for future articles describing innovative advising practices.…”

“…These two 1972 articles served as the foundation for future publications, including Winston et al's (1984) Developmental Academic Advising. Over the next three decades, developmental advising became the implicit standard of the field (Schein, 1994), opening the door for application of similar identity, intellectual, and ethical development theories to advising, including but not limited to, Chickering and Reisser's (1993) seven vectors of student growth and Perry's (1970) nine positions of student intellectual and ethical development (Drake, 2013).…”

“…Arguably, Schein's crowning achievement as editor was the 1994 issue 14(2) devoted not to empirical research, but to an advising approach drawn from theory. For this ''Classics Revisited'' issue, Schein (1994) recruited authors to review, reflect on, and respond to concepts of developmental academic advising introduced by Crookston (1972) that by 1994 had become ''one of the few concepts held in common by most academic advisors'' (p. 4). The impact of ''Classics Revisited'' originated from the diverse perspectives of its 28 authors, who ranged from the prolific (e.g., Arthur Chickering, Roger Winston, Virginia Gordon) to novice authors.…”

The O'Banion Model of Academic Advising: An Integrative Approach

“…The paradigm presented by Terry O'Banion in his seminal 1972 article, "An Academic Advising Model," continues to influence advising interactions and advisor training in colleges and universities throughout the country. In fact, O'Banion's article is one of the most cited works in the literature of the profession (Schein, 1994). O'Banion presented advising as a process in which advisor and advisee enter a dynamic relationship respectful of the student's concerns.…”