Advisor and Advisee Responsibilities
Both the advisor and you, as the advisee, have responsibilities and must be active participants for an effective and beneficial advising relationship.
Advisor Responsibilities
You can expect your advisor to:
- Assist you in understanding the purposes and goals of higher education and its effects on your life and personal goals
- Understand and effectively interpret the curriculum, graduation requirements, and university and college policies and procedures
- Assist you in gaining decision making skills and in assuming responsibility for your educational plans and achievements
- Encourage and guide you as you define and develop realistic goals
- Encourage and support you as you develop clear and attainable educational plans
- Provide you with information about and strategies for utilizing the available resources and services on campus
- Monitor progress toward meeting your goals
- Assist you in working closely with your professors
- Be accessible for meetings via office hours, one-on-one appointments, telephone or email
- Maintain confidentiality
Advisee Responsibilities
As an advisee, you are expected to:
- Schedule regular appointments or make regular contacts with your advisor during each semester
- Arrive prepared to each appointment with questions or material for discussion
- Be an active learner by participating fully in the advising experience
- Accept responsibility for your decisions
- Ask questions if you do not understand an issue or have a specific concern
- Keep a personal record of your progress toward meeting your goals
- Organize official documents in a way that enables you to access important information when needed
- Complete all assignments and follow through on recommendations your advisor gives
- Gather all relevant decision-making information
- Clarify personal values and goals and share with your advisor accurate information regarding your interests and abilities
- Become knowledgeable about college programs, policies and procedures