Constellation Comments - Advising
| Student support departments provide programs and services that complement RRCC academic curricula. |
| Sorely understaffed and undervalued. It would be helpful to have specialists--i.e. Gen. ed advisors, CTE advisors, etc. |
| Academic Advising is more of a hindrance than a help sometimes. I know they are understaffed, but the advisors are so uninformed about the classes we offer. I have visited with advisor and brought them material about my courses, and I have seen the materials I brought in the trash can later that same day. I've had advisors add students to my classes even after a class is full. I've had advisors tell students not to worry about prerequisites. |
| It is imperative that RRCC improves its academic advising services. Many students are not given sufficient direction when it comes to mapping out their academic direction at RRCC. Poor advice rivals no advice. |
| Career counseling and academic advising should be the heart of the college and currently it does not seem to be important to the college. The need for more and better advising staff is essential for the well being of the college. Part-time well qualified staff works great since there are many high demand times and other low demand times, however the budget for even part-time advisors greatly limits the quality. There seems to be a good pool of educators who have recently retired who would be willing to work peak times, but again the budget greatly limits our access to provide what is needed. |
| If students do receive any advising at RRCC, it is often incompetent and incorrect. Advisers make no effort to communicate with academic departments and to learn what is best for students. It is vital that new students be required to meet with a qualified adviser prior to registration and for the college to hire advisers who have the necessary professional credentials to do their jobs. |
| Budgeting processes ensure resources are effectively allocated. |
| Currently, we serve approximately 8,000 students at RRCC. The Advising Center at Lakewood has 2 full-time advisors and 1 full-time advisor at the Arvada Campus. Part-time advisors fill in during peak registration periods and when a full-time advisor is sick. Budget for the year is not enough to properly accommodate our students. Unfortunately, some students are falling through the cracks. |
| Support services are regularly evaluated to identify improvement opportunities. |
| Advising needs to be improved and has been an issue as long as I have been here and reportedly long before, yet no one has ever asked faculty about it or how to improve it. |
| Advising processes work effectively to get students in appropriate courses and programs. |
| The advising at this institution is deplorable. Advisers lack necessary professional credentials, and they often mis-advise students. Advising takes place in isolation without regard for the needs of the students. New students are not required to meet with qualified advisers as they should be in order to give the students the best chance of succeeding during their first semester at RRCC. |
| If they did they would hire competent advisers. The advisors are useless. |
| Oh dear. No. Not at all. Advisors are uninformed about classes, although many faculty work hard to inform advisors, and they lie to students. They tell students not to worry about pre-reqs, they add students to classes that are already full, etc. |
| Faculty should play a more prominent role in advising students. |
| Advising is the weakest area at RRCC. Many students are getting the wrong advice. |
| Not all the time. Some students are not properly advised as to the work load especially for weekend courses. |
| I have NO issues with individual advisors and the service they provide. However, RRCC needs to develop a better infrastructure for advising. We need processes put in place that ensure students see advisors. Many of our students don't ever get advising and are confused about what classes they need. This should be examined by a task force and a more effective process should be put in place |
| The level of advising is abysmal. The solution, and many faculty won't like it, is to have faculty involved. In fact, I will go so far as to suggest ALL faculty do an hour a week in advising, more during work week. |
| Due to the shortage of advisors and budget it is impossible to serve students appropriately. Sometimes students are rushed through their advising session in order to accommodate the volume of students coming in. Also, students guess at what classes to take when faculty advisors are not available. |
| Central advising is the problem. |
| Support services harmonize with RRCC’s focus on education and learning. |
| Advising needs to be looked at!!! It's a critical part of student service! |