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1977First national conference on academic advising is held inBurlington, VT• Attendance: 275• Conference chair: Toni TrombleyAccomplishments and Issues:• Task Force formed to discuss feasibility of forming a nationalassociation• Discussion of potential association names centers on differencesbetween the terms ‘advisor’, ‘advising’ and ‘advisement’.‘Advisor’ was thought to narrow the purpose of the proposedassociation while ‘advising’ connotes a broader process andfunction, and ‘advisement’ is a term closely associated with thelegal profession.Toni Trombley4