Description
Advise college students on degree requirements, course planning, and academic policies to support timely progress and student success.
- • Maintain accurate and complete advising notes and student records in institutional systems.
- • Review degree audits and transcripts to ensure students meet program and graduation requirements.
- • Counsel students on course and program selection, class scheduling, registration, and academic policies.
- • Develop individualized academic plans and monitor progress toward degree completion.
- • Conduct follow-up appointments to assess progress and address emerging needs.
- • Facilitate new-student orientation, group advising, and registration workshops.
- • Teach or present sessions on study strategies, time management, and academic planning.
- • Provide information on majors, minors, prerequisites, and curriculum changes.
- • Coordinate or evaluate transfer, AP/IB, and prior learning credits.
- • Identify at-risk students using early-alert data and implement success interventions.
- • Refer students to campus resources such as tutoring, writing centers, disability services, financial aid, and counseling.
- • Prepare advising reports and summaries for administrators and program leaders.
- • Collaborate with faculty and program directors on curriculum, schedule planning, and policy interpretation.
- • Advise on academic standing, probation, appeals, withdrawals, and reinstatement processes.
- • Support students exploring graduate school or certificate options and connect to career services when appropriate.
- • Write letters of recommendation when requested and appropriate.
- • Communicate important deadlines, registration holds, and policy updates to assigned caseload.
- • Assist students with graduation applications and degree clearance processes.
- • Use advising technologies, such as degree planning tools and CRMs, to track outreach and outcomes.
- • Participate in recruitment, yield, and retention initiatives and events.
- • Coordinate with international student services on visa-related enrollment requirements as needed.
- • Uphold FERPA and institutional guidelines regarding confidentiality and records.
- • Attend professional development, trainings, and campus meetings; serve on committees.
- • Contribute feedback to improve advising procedures and student success initiatives.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
