11.04.99.R0.29 Orientation and Advisement of Graduate Students
Effective December 2002
1. Each academic department with a graduate program must make available a
systematic orientation program for all its graduate students early in their
graduate studies.
2. Each academic department with a graduate program will institute and offer an effective and systematic advisement program for all graduate students who are admitted to the program.
3. In order to ensure that graduate students receive individualized advisement to help them meet their academic needs and professional goals, each department must:
a. Assign a qualified advisor early in the student’s graduate study;
b. Ensure that students are informed who their adviser is and that they know how to obtain advising early in their program;
c. Ensure that advisors receive adequate training in advising graduate students;
d. Ensure that advisors are knowledgeable in the use of relevant data to assist students in determining their major field of interest or specialization;
e. Permit advisors to have ready access to advisee’s records;
f. Ensure that the number of advisees assigned to each advisor is reasonable.
4. Each academic department will evaluate its orientation and advisement programs yearly and use the results to enhance the effectiveness of assistance to students.
5. Results of the evaluation of departmental orientation and
advisement program will be
forwarded to Graduate Studies and Research on an annual basis.
References: New Procedure A11.53
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CONTACT FOR INTERPRETATION: Dean of Graduate Students and Research