Components of Good Advising: Differences in Faculty and Student Perceptions
An advising survey identified differences between faculty and student perceptions of “good” advising. According to the survey, students rely more on printed information and friends than on academic advisors. Advising sessions usually involve discussions about registration and add/drop problems, although students expressed a desire to discuss broader, more substantive, educational issues.
Contributor Notes
John E. Creeden is Associate Provost for Student Affairs. He would like to acknowledge the assistance of Barbara Schroder, Office of Institutional Research, and James Anderson, Associate Dean of the School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies and chair of the Undergraduate Advising Committee, in designing the study and writing the committee report. Address correspondence concerning this article to John E. Creeden, Office of the Provost, Rutgers University, 18 Bishop Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08903.
