The ultimate responsibility for making decisions about goals and educational plans rests with the individual student. The advisor assists the student's decision-making process by helping to identify choices, assess alternatives and identify the consequences of those decisions. The advising program is directly related and integrated into other institutional programs such as admissions, orientation, registration, instruction, counseling and career planning. Advisors should be properly informed, assessed and rewarded. The advising program reinforces positive regard for diversity among students.
Advisors seek to identify and to prevent any form of discriminatory practices.
There must be a systematic, ongoing evaluation of the overall advising program which includes students and advisors. The advising process and the specific responsibilities for the advising process must be clearly delineated, published, and distributed campus-wide. Establish advising outcomes which include helping students define and develop realistic educational plans, assisting students in planning a program consistent with their interests and abilities, and discussing with students what advising can and cannot deliver. Be available to students by scheduling, posting and keeping regular office hours, and encouraging repeated meetings with advisees, especially to review mid-semester and semester grade reports. Inform students of available support services.