For students at Florida Atlantic University, getting academic advising last semester was as convenient as free parking.
Since January, two parking garages on the university’s Boca Raton campus have doubled as academic advising offices for commuter students, whose schedules had not previously allowed them to use campus advising services regularly.
"These students aren’t in the student union or in residence halls," Joe Murray, director of academic advising, said. "And for many of them, most campus offices are closed when they’re on campus. There were students who hadn’t interacted with an office for years."
The idea of using "drive-up advising" to reach these students started as a joke, Murray said, but it quickly turned into a reality.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/05/19/florida-atlantic-u-offers-academic-advising-parking-garages