About This Role
Academic Advisors serve as trusted partners, mentors, and advocates for students as they navigate their academic journey. In this highly collaborative and student-centered role, advisors empower students to clarify goals, explore opportunities, overcome challenges, and stay on track toward graduation. This position specializes in supporting approximately 300 undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences and is part of a career ladder offering defined pathways for advancement and professional growth within academic advising.
Responsibilities
- Provide holistic academic advising and student support services that promote student success, persistence, and timely degree completion
- Partner with students to develop academic plans, and navigate degree requirements, university policies, and academic processes
- Assist with registration, course scheduling, graduation review processes, and other academic administrative activities that support student success and timely degree completion
- Review and evaluate academic records, degree requirements, transfer coursework, and other student information to support academic planning and degree progression
- Connect students with university services, programs, and resources, helping them navigate campus processes and access support that addresses individual needs and barriers
- Monitor student academic progress and satisfactory progress towards degree completion
- Identify risks to retention or completion; coordinate interventions through referrals and support services
- Partner with faculty, staff, and campus resources to remove barriers to success, and promote academic achievement
- Provide timely guidance to students experiencing academic difficulty, including probation-related concerns
- Communicate concerns with faculty, advisor colleagues, and relevant stakeholders
- Maintain accurate student records, advising documentation, and academic information in accordance with university policies and standards
- Prepare, compile, verify, and maintain graduation lists and other reports, records, correspondence, and other materials related to advising operations, student success initiatives, and program requirements
- Run degree audits and evaluate progress towards graduation
- Maintain compliance with institutional records and documentation standards
- Utilize university systems and reporting tools to track student progress, maintain data integrity, and support institutional decision-making
- Collaborate with faculty, academic leaders, and campus partners to support student success, maintain awareness of academic programs and policy changes, and ensure consistent communication of university requirements and resources including admissions, financial aid, counseling services, career centers, tutoring services, and other partners to support student success
