Is academic advising at WSC enough?

Is academic advising at WSC enough?

Navigating college is no easy task. Every academic decision will impact a student’s time on campus and help carve their future path. Between the pressure of selecting an academic major, knowing how much to take on, planning for careers and adding in extracurriculars and clubs, college students stand eye-to-eye with daunting waves of decision at every turn.   But they don’t face it by themselves.   Academic advisors serve as lifelines for student…

Academic Advisor Has 12 Things She Wants to Tell College Parents

I serve as an academic advisor at a large university which puts me in the unique position of witnessing firsthand what most of you only speculate about higher education and the college experience today. Having had no fewer than twelve students (male and female) sob in my office in the first 3 weeks of last semester, I began to reflect on this chronic trend of students being unable to handle what many of us might consider “normal” stress levels. …