Effective advising requires that faculty, staff and students take responsibility for the advising process. The McKeesport campus student government and the Faculty Senate have developed guidelines for advisers and advisees. All degree students enrolled in a college unit within the Penn State system are assigned to faculty advisers who are experts in advising for a specific college.
Advisers work in conjunction with college representatives from each college.
Degree students enrolled in the Division of Undergraduate Studies are assigned to DUS advisers . Provisional students are assigned to advisers who are aware of the special entrance requirements that provisional students must meet.