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| Topic from August 2001 |
How can professional advisers and advising administrators “connect” with faculty who are unwilling or reluctant to participate in advising-related activities? How can more faculty be attracted to on-campus advising training sessions and workshops as well as to national and regional advising conferences? What is your opinion?
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| Your Opinions |
 “I'm blessed. I work in a Freshman Engineering dept. where we try to be a scaled-down version of 'one-stop service.' We have approximately 6 faculty members and they are all REQUIRED to advise students, obviously some do it more reluctantly than others. However, we've found a way to connect with faculty in discussing advising and student affairs topics in an indirect way; it is through programming. We 'administer' various programs where faculty and advisers often (not always) work as equal partners. Some examples are the Honors Program, Learning Communities, co-taught orientation courses, and advising. These interactions have allowed each group to share their experiences and interests, while communicating their talents and knowledge base to others. In this manner, we attempt to better use each person's talents. I must be pretty lucky, because I know it isn't this way everywhere. Trust me, it didn't used to be this way here!”
~ Gayle Hartleroad, Purdue University, August 16
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