Your Responsibility During Advising

· Clarify your personal values, abilities, interests, and goals

· Become knowledgeable and adhere to institutional policies, procedures, and requirements

· Regularly visit the Advising Center’s web page to keep abreast of announcements and policy changes

· Contact and make an appointment with an advisor during pre-registration advising or when in need of assistance

· Prepare for advising sessions and bring appropriate resources or materials to include your Intended Major “What If” Degree Progress Report

· Follow through on actions identified during each advising session

· Accept final responsibility for all decisions

Your Advisor’s Responsibility

· Help students define and develop realistic educational and career plans

· Assist students in planning an academic program consistent with their abilities and interests

· Assist advisees in identifying career opportunities

· Interpret and provide rationale for instructional policies, procedures, and requirements

· Approve all designated educational transactions (e.g., schedule, drops and adds, withdrawals, change of major, waivers, graduation requirements)

· Monitor progress toward educational and career goals

· Inform students of administrative, academic, and personal services and resources available to them

· Refer students when academic or personal problems require intervention by other professionals

· Protect the privacy of student information as set forth in The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99)

(Modified from NACADA Advising Guidelines)