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Home » About Grinnell » Offices and Services at Grinnell » Academic Advising » Publications in the Academic Advising Office » Adviser's Handbook

Adviser's Handbook

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    • Adviser's Handbook
      • Section 1: Nuts & Bolts
      • Section 2: Planning
      • Section 3: Techniques
      • Section 4: Advising in Practice Resources
    • Departmental Advising & Registration Suggestions
Advising in Practice: Individualized advising at Grinnell combines the nuts and bolts, planning and technique

1: Nuts and Bolts

  • Responsibilities of Advisers
  • Information about Your Advisee
  • FERPA (Confidentiality of Student Records)
  • College Philosophy and Policy
  • Forms and Calendars
  • Graduating on Time: Overview of Regulations
  • Catching up on Credits when a Student Falls Behind
  • Committee on Academic Standing
  • Changing Advisers
  • Advising Records After Graduation
  • Setting Expectations with Advisees — Advising Syllabus

2: Planning

  • Understanding the Liberal Arts
  • Advising the First-Year Student for Registration
  • Interpreting Test Scores
  • The Four-Year Plan
  • Departmental Advising and Registration Suggestions
  • Interdisciplinary Study
  • Preprofessional and Career Advising
  • Off-Campus Study
  • MAPs and Other Research Opportunities
  • Internship Guidelines
  • Major Declaration and the Major Adviser
  • The Undirected Student
  • The Second Adviser — Partnering
  • Professional, Personal, and Civic Development — Partnering with the Center for Careers, Life, and Service

3: Technique

  • Adviser, Sponsor, Mentor
  • Approaches to Inclusive Advising
  • Advising Students with Disabilities
  • Advising International Students
  • First-Generation College Students
  • Transfer Students
  • Challenges You May Encounter
  • Academic Progress Reports
  • Students on Academic Probation
  • Partnering with Colleagues on Campus
  • Academic Resources at Grinnell

4: Advising in Practice Resources

Resources for faculty advisers are available on GrinnellShare (login required).

 

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