Characteristics of Good Advisor
A good faculty advisor:
1. Is personally and professionally interested in being an adviser.
2. Listens patiently and constructively, attempting to hear all aspects of students' expressed challenges and opportunities.
3. Regularly sets aside enough scheduled time to adequately meet the advising needs of students assigned to them.
4. Knows University policy and practice in sufficient detail to provide students with accurate, usable information.
5. Refers students to other sources of information and assistance when a referral seems to be the best student-centered response.
6. Attempts to understand student concerns from a student point of view.
7. Views long-range planning as well as immediate problem-solving as essential components of effective advising.
8. Shares their advising skills with colleagues who also are also actively involved with advising.
9. Continually attempts to improve both the style and substance of their advising role.
10. Willingly and actively participates in advisor-training programs.
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