Advisers gain access to and use computerized information about student only when that information is relevant to the advising which they are doing with that particular student. Advisers enter or change information on students' records only when legitimately authorized to do so. Advisers adequately document advising contacts to facilitate subsequent advising interactions. Advisers are responsible for involving others, where appropriate, in the advising process. Effective advising requires a broad-based, or holistic, approach to working with students.
Advisers are facilitators and mediators.
Responsible academic advisers recognize their limitations and effectively use their specialized knowledge. Therefore, to make connections between academic advising and other aspects of students' lives, advisers seek out resources provided by others. Referrals to these resources provide students with further assessments of their needs and access to appropriate programs and services. With others advisers are responsible for helping students integrate the information they are confronted with and for helping students make will-informed academic decisions. If peer advisers are used, the supervising adviser will closely monitor the peer adviser regarding adherence to appropriate policies and practices.