THE URSINUS COLLEGE FRESHMAN ADVISING PROGRAM
Students today generally need more time and more advice in assessing the wider range of career and life options available to them. Connected to this is an increased need for assistance in academic planning. Students confront more diverse academic options in today's curriculum, and discover that college coursework decisions relate to today's expanded career options in increasingly complex ways. The process of adjusting to college life, with its greater demand for personal responsibility and independence, has always been challenging. It is now widely recognized that this process can be facilitated by a helping relationship with someone skilled in guiding young adults.
Contributor Notes
*CATHERINE ANNE CHAMBLISS received her B.A. from Yale University in 1975 (Phi Beta Kappa), her master's and doctorate from the University of Miami where she was a Maytag fellowship recipient, and completed her training as a clinical psychologist in 1979. Dr. Chambliss is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Ursinus and has codirected the Freshman Advising Program since 1984. She has conducted several program evaluations and has recently presented research findings on the responses of drug abusers and prisoners to the AIDS epidemic. She is currently working on a book about group involvement training methods for chronic schizophrenic inpatients.
GEORGE FAGO graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 1965 and completed his graduate work in experimental psychology at the University of Pittsburgh in 1969. He started teaching at Ursinus in 1970. He is currently professor of Psychology at Ursinus College, and chairman of the department. Dr. Fago has been involved in research on adolescent cognitive and moral development. As an outgrowth of his research interests, he developed Ursinus' highly successful Freshman Advising Program in 1982. He served as the program director for two years.
