Advisors are responsible to the college or university in which they work. Advisors increase their collective professional strength by sharing their philosophies and techniques with colleagues. Advisors keep administrators who are not involved directly in the advising process informed and aware of the importance of academic advising in students' lives, and of the need for administrative support of advising and related activities. Advisors abide by the specific policies, procedures and values of the department and institution for which they work. Where injustices occur and might interfere with students' learning, advisors advocate change on behalf of students with the institution's administration, faculty, and staff.
Advisors are responsible to higher education generally.
In this spirit, advisors hold a variety of points of view. Academic advisors are free to base their work with students on the most appropriate and optimum theories of college student development and models of delivery for academic advising programs and services. Advisors accept that one of the goals of education is to introduce students to the world of ideas. Advisors help students in understanding this process. Advisors advocate for students' educational achievement at the highest attainable standard and support student goals, as well as the educational mission of the institution.