Thursday, November 5, 2026
2:00 – 3:15 pm ET

Improve Productivity, Efficiency and Ensure Student-Centered Experiences

Academic advising faces a growing mismatch between demand and capacity: rising advisor caseloads, limited staffing, tight budgets, and students who increasingly expect immediate, personalized support. Artificial intelligence gives higher education institutions a real opportunity to strengthen academic advising, by improving efficiency, expanding student access and supporting better-informed decisions. AI isn't positioned to replace advisors; it's a tool that enhances their work by automating routine tasks and freeing up time for the interactions that matter most. 

Join our expert presenter on November 5, 2026, as he tackles common AI misconceptions head-on. He’ll provide hands-on application and ethical implementation that centers on the advisor experience, including practical strategies and hands-on exercises that participants can use right away. Attendees will leave with actionable skills, clear ethical guardrails, and a personalized implementation plan, ready to incorporate AI into academic advising confidently and responsibly while strengthening both student support and institutional effectiveness.

This presentation moves beyond introducing AI as the latest technology trend and focuses instead on the practical application in Academic Advising. Gain confidence and necessary skills to balance innovation with responsible practice, address FERPA compliance, data privacy, algorithmic bias, institutional governance, and the importance of human oversight. 

Topics Covered

Leave the webinar prepared with strategies to confidently:

• Identify routine administrative advising tasks that can be streamlined with AI, freeing up more time for student-centered advising.
• Apply effective AI prompting techniques and strategies that generate accurate, professional, student-friendly content, and learn to review AI outputs for accuracy and alignment with institutional standards.
• Recognize key responsibilities when using AI in advising ethically to protect student privacy, complying with FERPA, watch for potential bias, and maintain human oversight over AI-assisted decisions.
• Identify practical ways to use AI to improve communication, personalize advising resources, and proactively support student success — without losing the human connection at the core of the advisor–student relationship.
• Evaluate AI tools critically using a framework for assessing AI tools weighing usefulness, reliability, security, and institutional policy alignment before adopting them into their advising practice. 
• Build a personal AI action plan with one or two concrete steps for incorporating AI into advising workflow within the next 30 days, plus a plan for continued learning and professional development. 

Presenter

Martin Lesaca is an experienced higher education professional and Academic Advisor at Arizona State University, where he advances student success through holistic advising, innovative technology, and data-informed support strategies.
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Invite your entire team for one low price!

• Live 75-minute online session with carefully selected expert(s)
  
• Unlimited access for your entire team to view webinar recording for two years (available after live event)
• Materials for your team (handouts, discussion questions, etc.)
• Certificate of completion for each participant
  

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