CCA on the Air: Reimagining First-Year Advising at the University of Virginia

In this episode of CCA on the Air: Success to and Through College, we’re joined by Christa Acampora, Buckner W. Clay Professor of Philosophy and Dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Virginia. Under her leadership, UVA has launched an innovative advising fellows model that embeds pre-major advising into the first-year academic experience through the Engagements curriculum. In this conversation, we explore why UVA redesigned advising, what it took to implement the model at scale, and what early results suggest about the power of relationship-centered advising to improve the student experience.