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REPORT OF AD HOC COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT

T he Ad H oc C ommittee m et f our t imes t o c onsider t he S enate's
c harge
( March, 1 985)
t o r eview c urrent p olicies a nd t o
r ecommend s tandards f or a cademic a dvisement.
A ll d epartment c hairs w ere a sked t o r espond t o a
q uestionnaire o n p rocedures f or a dvisement a nd t o s uggest
m ethods t o f acilitate a dvisement.
A fter r eviewing t he q uestionnaire r esponses a nd m aterial f rom
o ther i nterested p arties t he c ommittee m akes t he f ollowing
r ecommendations f or a ll d epartments:
1.
S tudents s hould m eet a n a dvisor a ppropriate t o h is/her
m ajor a t l east o nce a s emester, p rior t o r egistration.
2.
E ach d epartment c hair ( or h is o r h er d esignee) s hould c oordinate a cademic a dvising p rocedures f or h is o r h er
d epartment.
3 . E ach d epartment s hould k eep a f older o n e ach m ajor.
f older s hould i nclude t he f ollowing:
a.
p rogram s heet
b.
m ost r ecent d umpsheet
c.
m ost r ecent t ranscript
d.
r ecord o f a cademic a dvisement(see a tached)

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4.
T he a dvisor s hould b e r esponsible f or r eviewing
p rerequisites, c ore r equirements, a nd p rogram r equirements
w ith t he s tudent a nd f or u pdating a nd s igning t he r ecord o f
a cademic a dvisement e ach t ime t he s tudent i s s een.

AD HOC COMMITTE ON ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT
H arriette T ax, C hair
M onica F rizzell
B arbara H irsh
J im S crirngeour

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RECORD OF ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT

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