"The National Academic Advising Association evolved from the first National Conference on Academic Advising in 1977 and now has over 9100 members representing all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Canada and several other international countries. Members represent higher education institutions across the spectrum of Carnegie classifications and include professional advisors/counselors, faculty, administrators and students whose responsibilities include academic advising" (NACADA, 2005a). Virginia N. Gordon, NACADA past president and a senior editor of the association's journal, addressed the membership at the 1998 NACADA national conference on the theme of the conference, "New Horizons: Learning from the Past and Preparing for the Future" (Gordon, 1998). Her address provides the second installment to that written in 1991 by J.D. Beatty, long-time NACADA archivist, and entitled The National Academic Advising Association (Beatty, 1991). Both documents discuss important aspects of the history of the association, its impact on academic advising, and its connection to the history of higher education. Gordon focuses on important developments from the past that led to initiatives for the future. This third installment of NACADA history is written in a time of great prosperity for the association. Here we will tie the two documents together and expand upon these resources to chronicle the association during a time of phenomenal expansion. (Miller, NACADA Clearing House, 2006)
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