Study: Why Do Advisors Leave the Profession?

Academic advising is built on relationships, guidance, and student success. But what happens when the very people supporting students start walking away from the profession?

A recent article from Academic Advising Today explores this growing concern, asking former advisors about why they left advising.

The authors discovered a complex list of reasons from burnout to unrealistic workloads and low pay, as well as a lack of institutional support. Advisors enter the field because they care deeply about students, but several quotations from their study suggest these advisors found themselves stretched too thin to provide the kind of meaningful, high-impact advising they believe in.

If advisors are leaving, what does that mean for the future of academic advising? More importantly, how can institutions address these challenges before they lose more talent? The authors advance several ideas to help address the issue.

🔗 Read the full NACADA article here: Why Do Advisors Leave the Profession?