The adviser's handbook guides the work of faculty advisers at ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø. The contents are organized around the competencies needed for advising as represented in ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø's (on ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ¹ÙÍøShare).
1: Nuts and Bolts
- Advising Mission and Program Structure
- Responsibilities of Advisers
- Information about Your Advisee
- FERPA (Confidentiality of Student Records)
- College Philosophy and Policy
- Forms and Calendars
- Graduating on Time: Overview of Regulations
- Catching up on Credits when a Student Falls Behind
- Committee on Academic Standing
- Changing Advisers
- Advising Records After Graduation
- Setting Expectations with Advisees — Advising Syllabus
2: Planning
- Understanding the Liberal Arts
- Advising the First-Year Student for Registration
- Interpreting Test Scores
- The Four-Year Plan
- Departmental Advising Guide
- Interdisciplinary Study
- Preprofessional and Career Advising
- Off-Campus Study
- MAPs and Other Research Opportunities
- Internship Guidelines
- Major Declaration and the Major Adviser
- The Undirected Student
- The Second Adviser — Partnering
- Professional, Personal, and Civic Development — Partnering with the Center for Careers, Life, and Service
3: Technique
- Adviser, Sponsor, Mentor
- Approaches to Inclusive Advising
- Advising Students with Disabilities
- Advising International Students
- First-Generation College Students
- Transfer Students
- Challenges You May Encounter
- Academic Progress Reports
- Students on Academic Probation
- Partnering with Colleagues on Campus
- Academic Resources at ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø
4: Advising in Practice Resources
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