Joe
Cuseo - Over two-thirds (68%) of postsecondary
institutions surveyed have no criteria for selecting advisors (Crockett,
Habley, & Cowart, 1987), suggesting lack of attention to professional
preparedness of academic advisors and indifference to the identification of
advisors most qualified to work with students who are at risk for
attrition—e.g., underprepared and underrepresented
first-generation students, or students with special needs—e.g., undecided students,
transfer students, commuter students, and re-entry students.
It
is also noteworthy (and disturbing) that academic advising effectiveness is
almost never mentioned as one of the selection criteria listed in job
advertisements or position announcements posted by postsecondary institutions
seeking to recruit and hire new faculty.