The designated faculty members would evaluate the transfer courses and return the evaluation to the office of the registrar promptly. Identified Advising Needs. Each of the four parts of the proposal address at least one of the advising needs identified by the working group. We propose addressing information access and availability from the standpoint of the habits of the information user. While advising information including degree audit is available via computer, faculty report difficulty accessing the information because of lack of familiarity with using the mainframe database which many don't use for any other purpose.
Students have no access.
Use of the web by faculty and students for classroom and research purposes creates a good foundation for its expanded use for advising. The campus has successfully implemented a web based faculty annual summary program this year which was designed by the faculty member who would be working on this project. Finally we propose to enhance the critical first advising experience of our students by individualized attention that will establish a model for continued advising. The value of that first experience sets the tone and develops the attitude of advising that students will carry with them. The primary assessment tool will be student and adviser surveys, with baseline data currently available.