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Essay on Game Plan For My Professional Journey
Academic advising is an integral part of the academic program and aims of the College. All academic advisors are full-time faculty members. Faculty advisors serve as a central academic resource and mentor for students. Each student has a faculty advisor who provides guidance in academic planning and who is available for counseling on academic and related issues and concerns. Each student is expected to work closely with his or her faculty advisor in the design and pursuit of a coherent course of study shaped by his or her goals and interests and by College and departmental requirements.
Academic advising is viewed as a cooperative educational partnership between advisor and advisee, grounded in mutual respect and a common commitment to student growth and success in the fullest sense. The advisor/advisee relationship respects the autonomy and intellect of each student and acknowledges the broader developmental and educational contexts within which academic advising occurs.
Though advisors and advisees work together in all areas related to academic planning, academic decision-making responsibilities, including the responsibility for meeting each of the graduation requirements of the College, rest ultimately with the student. Primary responsibility for timely, effective use of the academic advising system also remains with the individual student.
Academic advisors are responsible for providing their advisees with appropriate, accurate information concerning the academic policies, programs, procedures, and resources of the College. Advisors also assist advisees in defining, developing, and pursuing an educational plan consonant with their academic, career, and life goals, including the selection of an academic major consistent with their interests and abilities within the broader liberal arts curriculum.
Each new student is assigned a faculty advisor who is a member of the Council of New Student Advisors (CNSA) a group of faculty selected and trained specifically to work with new students at the College...........
