Advising

As a Sterling student, your academic experience is deeply personal and tailored to the goals you set for yourself. Our dedicated faculty advisors are here to offer guidance in that journey by aiding with course selection, workload management, goal-setting, and assessing your progress over time. Each semester, students meet at least twice (often weekly!) with their advisor - providing an opportunity to benefit from support while gaining insight along every step.

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Individualized

With small numbers of advisees, faculty advisors are able to meet as frequently as students’ needs warrant to craft a learning plan that enhances opportunities, supports student learning needs, builds on students’ personal goals, and capitalizes on their strengths to support success throughout a student’s tenure at Sterling.
Responsive

In their work together, advisors and students are empowered to identify and set goals, identify learning outcomes and learning strategies that can help adapt to meet students’ changing needs. As a team, course faculty, Deans, the Coordinator of Learning Support, and faculty advisors help to shape a student’s learning experiences.
Multidimensional

Advisors address concerns ranging from course registration, to a student’s involvement in the community, and development of personal as well as academic goals. The advisor-advisee relationship is based on a progression of ongoing, curriculum-based, and goal oriented conversations.
Developmental

Sterling’s Advising and Learning Support Program builds student opportunities for success in a way that is appropriate for each individual student’s level of need and academic and community development.
Cooperatively Designed

Students work one-on-one with advisors to co-create individualized learning plans. Advisors, in turn, collaborate with a student’s course faculty, the three Deans, and other appropriate College staff to support the complete student learning experience.