I think the advising process is fundamental to a successful Hampshire
education. I am distressed that many faculty pay less attention to
their advisees than those advisees deserve and require. I do not like
the idea of the advising office keeping track of students. Therefore,
I propose that advisors should write a paragraph for each studednt at
the end of each semester. It should say what they have done, and what
the student and advisor have figured out that that student's education
is all about (tentatively). The advisor should keep first-year
students' first-year forms. The reason for those forms is to have a
discussion between the advisro and the student NOT to give the
advising office a thing to hold over students' heads. Jan 15 95