When Joe Murray suggested placing academic advisors in campus parking lots, he got a good laugh from his colleagues at Florida Atlantic University.
But Murray, the campus’ director of advising services, wasn’t kidding. And now, six months after giving it a try, FAU’s “Get Wise: Advising on the Go!” parking lot advising program has received attention from state and national media outlets like Inside HigherEd, Academic Impressions, the Sun Sentineland the Palm Beach Post.
Most importantly, the students at FAU like it, too.
