Author Description

This book is designed to help faculty and student affairs professionals blend their expertise in order to help students integrate their college experiences. The goal is to help students become capable of setting their own directions and mapping their own routes, while knowing how and where to get help at all stages of their development and at all levels of difficulty in their travels. Two premises underlie this book: that students often do not make optimal use of their colleges and universities because they are not acquainted with the underlying principles of academic life, and that the tasks of working through the academic structure, planning a satisfying undergraduate education, and learning how to use academic resources are developmental processes that can make college a rewarding individual growth experience. Based on these premises, this work aims at using students' needs as the focal point for demonstrating how academic and student affairs are intertwined, and presenting a scheme for teaching students self-advising skills and strategies. Originally published in 1987.