Adviser's Handbook

1: Advising at Grinnell: Responsibilities

• Responsibilities of Advisers
• Essential Advising Resources
  • College Philosophy and Policy
  • Information about your Advisee
• Interpreting Test Scores
• Advising the First-Year Student for Registration
  • Understanding the Liberal Arts:
• Pre-Professional Adviser List
  • General Advising Strategies
• The Four-Year Plan
• Graduating on Time: A Brief Overview of Regulations
• Overloads
• Committee on Academic Standing
• Off-Campus Study
• Internship Guidelines
• Professional, Personal, and Civic Development
• Advising Students with Disabilities
• Advising International Students
• Advising Challenges you may Encounter
• Academic Progress Reports
• Changing Advisers
• Major Declaration and the Major Adviser
• 'FERPA' and Confidentiality of Student Records
• Advising Records after Graduation

2: Department Advising and Registration Suggestions

• Departmental Advising Suggestions

3: Interdisciplinary Study

• Interdisciplinary Courses of Study
• Interdisciplinary Concentrations
• Interdisciplinary Study Themes

4: Best Practices in Advising

• Setting Clear Expectations with New Advisees: First Sunday Tutorial Meeting
• Setting Clear Expectations with Advisees for Pre-Registration
• First Year Self-Evaluation
• Writing Letters of Recommendation
  • Coaching Students Who Request a Letter of Recommendation
  • Tips for Writing Letters of Recommendation
• Preparing Seniors for the Transition Out of Grinnell
• Serving as an 'Adviser' During a CAS Honesty Hearing
  • Before the Hearing
  • During the Hearing
  • When to Not Be an Adviser
• Advising Syllabus: Defining the Advising Experience

5: Academic Skills and Support

• Academic Resource Centers