Best Practices in Advising Survey

Thank you for agreeing to take this survey. We apologize ahead of time for the bothering you with "one more survey." There are only eleven questions (plus one you define for yourself) and they are only about advising. You can enter as much information as you want. We expect that not every question will apply to you, so feel free to leave questions blank.

Please remember that this information cannot be saved. You must enter it all during one session and click the "Submit" button at the bottom of the page to send the information to us.

The information you provide is annoymous. Even though special advising programs are identified on the page, the information that is sent to us simply indicates "SPE," not the name of your program. All of the information will be reported in summary form. No one reading the report will have enough information to identify you as the author of a comment.

We begin by asking about your observations of advising in your college generally. Then, we ask you about your own practice.

Please indicate your college or special advising program:
Please indicate your position:
Please indicate the number of years you have advised students:

1. Please describe your college or program’s approach to advising students in general? What are the goals in advising? How was this approach communicated to advisors (advising mission paper, orientation, word of mouth, etc.)?

2. Is this approach to advising students modeled after national trends in advising at similar colleges or programs? Is this communicated to advisors somehow?

3. Has advising in your college or program changed or evolved over the last five years?

4.What is your own approach to advising students? What are you trying to accomplish when you advise?

5. How is your individual approach to advising students similar to or different from your college’s approach?

6. What advising practices are working for you? Why do you think they work?

7. How do you identify, assess and support "safety net" issues (retention, studentship skills, learning disabilities, etc.) among the students you advise?

8. How do you identify, assess and support "catapult" issues (honors, fellowships, study abroad, grad school, etc.) among the students you advise?

9. How do you assess and support career-advising issues and/or establish a plan for the development of life-long learning skills among students in your college?

10. Do you ever discuss conflicts in values between the home community and the university community with the students?

11. Do you ever discuss critical thinking skill development and intellectual problem solving strategies with the students?

12. Is there something about your advising practice that you feel is important that we have not asked about?

Thank you very much for you time. We value your information. When you click submit, the information you have typed will disappear and cannot be accessed by hitting the back button.