Academic Advising

In preparing students for success, Peru State College advisors empower students to engage in individual career exploration, foster growth through high expectations and enhance retention through personal discovery. Advisors facilitate the path towards personal and professional achievement through serving as a mentor to the whole student.

New Additions

• Transfer Advising Best Practices

Advising Guides

• School of Arts and Sciences

• School of Education

• School of Professional Studies

Resources

• Using the Degree Audit

• Instructions for Releasing the Advising Hold

• Programs and Majors

• General Studies Requirements

• College Catalogs

• Student Records

• GPA Calculator

• Academic Probation and Suspension

Learn More about Peru State Resources for Students

• Student Success Services (TRiO) Program

• Counseling

• Tutoring

• Career Services

• Academic Probation Advising

• Disability Services

Common Advising Forms and Requests

• Enrollment and Degree Verifications

• Academic Suspension Appeal Form (requires VPAA approval)

• Course prerequisite waiver: Contact the Dean of the School offering the course.

• Excess credit appeals: Contact the Dean of the School in which the student is majoring.

• COLL 101 waiver: Contact the Dean of the School in which the student is majoring.

• Directed Study: Contact the Dean of the School in which the student is majoring.

• Faculty Tutor Recommendation Form

For Further Reading

• Stop Calling it a Minor (Sadegh, 2017)
  "I gathered a small group of students and challenged them to make a connection between their academic majors and minors. With some prompting, they did. And afterward, almost without exception, they were more confident that pursuing a minor was not 'just a waste of time.'"

• Top Traits of an Academic Advisor (HigherEdJobs.com)

• NACADA: NACADA promotes student success by advancing the field of academic advising globally. We provide opportunities for professional development, networking, and leadership for our diverse membership.

• Effective Academic Advising (Tenure, She Wrote, 2015)

• Thinking DEEPly about Academic Advising and Student Engagement (Kuh, 2006)