As the window for Summer and Fall 2010 advisement approaches, editorial members at The All State discussed their opinions on the advisement processes here at APSU.
For some students, including part of the editorial board at TAS, advising is a very independent process; students research their own degree requirements and the available classes and create their own schedule, and a visit, call or e-mail to their adviser is only necessary to obtain their run number.
For other students, the process is not so simple. Many majors are complicated and require planning to complete in a timely fashion, so reliance on an adviser’s help is important.
While some advisers are extremely prepared and professional for advisement week and know their department’s offered classes very well, many editorial board members felt like advisers in general cannot devote enough time to adequately prepare their advisees for the coming semesters, and that advisers sometimes either do not fully inform and sometimes misinform students.
A number of editorial board members suggested the best way to improve advisement would be for the university to hire a dedicated staff to provide this service to students during advisement week as well as throughout the semester.
While advising is a service provided by professors in a student’s department, TAS feels students should not rely solely on their advisers to create their four-year plan and help plan their schedules.
Instead, students should draft a four-year plan of their own and attempt to create a potential schedule before advisement week so advisers have a starting point during each appointment. Students should also double check to make sure they will fulfill all graduation requirements well in advance.
For information about advisement week, visit www.apsu.edu/Registrar/, e-mail registrar@apsu.edu or call 221-7150.
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