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FACULTY ADVISING REFERENCES


Responsibilities of the Academic Advisor:


1. Maintain Advisee Records. Keep current advisee records and personal information in accordance with confidentiality requirements.

2. Furnish Accurate Academic Information. Provide advisees with correct and relevant information about university, college, and departmental graduation requirements.

3. Know Advisees. Know assigned advisees and their individual educational and career goals.

4. Guide Major Program Planning. Recommend courses which correspond with advisee's academic background and educational goals.

5. Monitor Academic Decision Making. Inform advisees about relevant alternatives, limitations, and possible consequences of academic decisions, including information on academic standards, appeals, and charges of academic dishonesty.

6. Refer to Campus and Community Resources. Encourage and guide advisees to utilize available campus and community student help and student development resources.

7. Encourage Timely Progress Toward Degree. Advocate timely planning and progress toward educational goals with prompt attention to problems.

8. Advocate Professional Responsibilities. Help advisees recognize relevant institutional and/or professional responsibilities. Make recommendaitons to appropriate Univeristy officials when advisee behavior compromises professional and/or institutional standards to such an extent that professional disclosure is necessary.


Rights of the Advisee:

1. The right to an advisor who fulfills the SDSU advising goals, role, and responsibilities.

2. The right to know and have timely access to an assigned advisor.

3. The right to protection and review of academic advising-related files and materials in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

4. The right to receive pertinent and accurate information as needed for career, academic, and employment planning.

5. The right to request a change of academic advisor assignment and the right to clear procedures for conveying concerns relative to quality of advising help.


Responsibilities of the Advisee:

1. Responsible for initiating and advancing timely career and academic related plans and discussions with advisor.

2. Responsible for intiating regular progress appointments and seeking advisor assistance when problems arise.

3. Responsible for fulfilling additional requirements as agreed upon during discussions with the advisor.

4. Responsible for recognizing that the ultimate responsibility for timely completion of academic requirements rests with the advisee.

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