NACADA - The 2002 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) data reveal that students reporting the highest degree of satisfaction with the quality of their academic advisement were most likely to demonstrate the highest levels of student engagement. Since high levels of student engagement (involvement) have been found to be empirically associated with higher rates of student retention (Pascarella & Terenzini, 1991; Tinto, 1993; Astin, 1993), the strong relationship between level of student engagement and quality of academic advisement revealed in the latest NSSE research may be interpreted as providing additional evidence of an empirical link between academic advisement and student retention.