Committee on Academic Advising

Charge to the Committee

The Committee on Academic Advising is responsible for all aspects of Colgate’s programs for academic advising. The committee will:

• respond to questions and requests proposed to it by the board;
• review proposed changes in policies and programs affecting academic advising, and;
• review existing academic advising policies and programs and make recommendations to the board as seems desirable to the committee.

Membership will consist of:

• Chair of Academic Advising, a faculty member appointed to a three-year renewable term by the dean of the faculty
• Four faculty members (one each from the Divisions of the Arts and Humanities, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and Social Sciences, and University Studies; elected by the faculty for staggered three-year terms) 
• Two students elected by the Student Senate
• The chair of the First-Year Seminar Program
• A representative of the Academic Affairs Board
• Dean of First-Year Students (ex officio)
• Director of Academic Support & Disability Services (ex officio)
• Registrar (ex officio)