June '98, Advising Network produces status report on advising. Leigh goes on leave from Theatre to work on this initiative supported by Title III funding. David Potter, Syracuse University, winner of an advising award for their process redesign and who began PeopleSoft implementation last year. His visit will be winter quarter. Each unit at DePaul has room for improvement in academic advising processes.
Centralization is the key to improvement of information access, advisor training and assessment.
Technology and advising is the best way to put the student at the center of the advising process. Technology will permit advisors to get involved in more higher-level advising and avoid the time consuming routine duties that can be handled through a system online.