Like the Research Board, it will draw upon faculty expertise to guide the campus toward realization of its full potential in a fundamental mission. Appointments to the Teaching Advancement Board will be made by the Provost from among the most distinguished faculty on the campus. The Board will be a vehicle for private gifts, and it will administer a grants program, serve in an advisory capacity on instructional resources, and work with the Council on Undergraduate Education to enhance the undergraduate experience on the campus. Improve academic advising. Individual and small-group advising may be provided through a combination of personal interaction and electronic communication by professional staff, graduate teaching assistants, fellow undergraduate students, and faculty members.
Students also bear responsibility in the advising relationship.
It falls to them to take the initiative of seeking advice when they need it, to raise questions when they have them, and to communicate clearly with their advisers about their problems, plans and aspirations. Make professional staff advisers available to provide technical advice about course availability, requirements, and the like, and develop peer advising systems to enable undergraduates to provide advice to their fellow students. Ensure that every student has access to faculty advice throughout the undergraduate experience, beginning with the freshman year. Faculty are best suited to introduce students to the intellectual life of the community, and to guide their intellectual development. This aspect of advising should rest in faculty hands.