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.