Academic Advising and Philosophy
The field of philosophy has much to contribute to academic advising, both because of the kinds of training philosophers typically receive and because of the sorts of projects on which they work. Because of these factors, philosophers have the potential to make excellent academic advisors, and they can broaden and enrich the theoretical investigations into the nature of academic advising. Philosophers can and should embrace the field of academic advising, both as a practice that is critical to a successful academe and as a potential research area. The reverse is also true: Any advisor would benefit from the study of philosophy.
Contributor Notes
Rodger L. Jackson is associate professor of philosophy, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. He received his doctorate from Michigan State University. He has published in the Journal of Criminal Justice, Cambridge Quarterly of Health Care Ethics, Teaching Philosophy, and Humanitas and has also written entries in the Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Culture and book chapters. He has made a considerable number of presentations at conferences.
