Common use of MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT ON ADVISING Clause in Contracts

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. 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. At the conclusion of the 2019-20 academic year, the College and Association will review any action steps that have been implemented during the current contract term. Action steps that have workload implications for Association members will be codified in a successor collective bargaining agreement to the extent possible.