The adviser's handbook guides the work of faculty advisers at Grinnell College. The contents are organized around the competencies needed for advising as represented in Grinnell's advising competencies framework (on GrinnellShare).
1: Nuts and Bolts
- Advising Mission and Program Structure
- 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).