MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT ON ADVISING. The College and the Association are committed to increasing the effectiveness of academic advising. The College will work with the departments and interdisciplinary programs that offer a major on a flexible approach to advising that will include but not be limited to one or more of the following: 1) increase the number of full-time faculty in the discipline, 2) modify the curriculum so that at least some of the academic advising load will be handled through credit courses, 3) use group advising where this can be effective, and 4) assign faculty from related disciplines with lighter advising loads to advise students in affected disciplines. The College and the Association will also work together to: 1) evaluate current practices in advising; 2) gather systematic data on advising both at Keene and elsewhere; 3) develop the basics of good advising; 4) develop the criteria for good faculty practice; and 5) discuss the possibility of pilot programs for evaluating the effectiveness of faculty members in advising students. Leadership for the review, planning and implementation of mutually agreed-upon action steps will rest with the Xxxxxxx or the Xxxxxxx’x designee. Action steps may vary depending on department needs and plans as well as overall College enrollment management planning and implementation. Action steps might include those enumerated above or such other actions as good practice and experience suggest will improve student outcomes related to advising.
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT ON ADVISING. The College and the Association are committed to increasing the effectiveness of academic advising and improving the distribution of faculty advising workload in disciplines where the number of advisees exceeds the contractual limit of twenty-one per faculty member. The College will work with these disciplines on a flexible approach to the problem that will include one or more of the following: 1) increasing the number of full-time faculty in the discipline, 2) modifying the curriculum so that at least some of the academic advising load will be handled through credit courses, 3) using group advising where this can be effective, and 4) assigning faculty from related disciplines with lighter advising loads to advise students in affected disciplines. The College and the Association will exchange information about their efforts on academic advising workload issues. The College will continue to explore new ways to improve academic advising as part of its overall effort to improve student academic performance and retention.
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT ON ADVISING. The College and the Association are committed to increasing the effectiveness of academic advising. The College will work with the departments and interdisciplinary programs that offer a major on a flexible approach to advising that will include but not be limited to one or more of the following: 1) increase the number of full- time faculty in the discipline, 2) modify the curriculum so that at least some of the academic advising load will be handled through credit courses, 3) use group advising where this can be effective, and 4) assign faculty from related disciplines with lighter advising loads to advise students in affected disciplines. The College and the Association will also work together to: 1) evaluate current practices in advising; 2) gather systematic data on advising both at Keene and elsewhere; 3) develop the basics of good advising; 4) develop the criteria for good faculty practice; and 5) discuss the possibility of pilot programs for evaluating the effectiveness of faculty members in advising students.
