S79-7 ADVISORS SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT ON REGISTRATION FORMS

Legislative History:

Document dated April 3, 1979.

The Academic Senate at its meeting of March 26, 1979 passed the following policy recommendation as presented by Dr. R. Haight, Chair, Instruction and Research Committee.

ACTION BY UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT:

"Approved." Signed: Gail Fullerton, April 3, 1979.

ADVISORS SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT ON REGISTRATION FORMS

S 79-7

WHEREAS: Academic Advising is a required function of all full-time academic employees of the University, and

WHEREAS: the students may benefit from academic advising if they seek it, and

WHEREAS: pre-registration forms currently require the signature of the academic advisor, and

WHEREAS: signature waiver form use, which officially sanctions the non-use of academic advising, has been instituted without benefit of loca1 or system-wide policy, and

WHEREAS: the waiver form use may exceed 8000/semester (cost ca $5000.00 per year), an untenable cost, and

WHEREAS: evening students and an obvious large fraction of the day-time student body have considerable difficulty in contacting an advisor making it difficult to obtain his/her signature, and

WHEREAS: schedule changes during walk-through registration and the free add/drop period do not require sanction of the academic advisor, THEREFORE BE IT

RESOLVED: that the production and use of Academic Advising waiver forms cease immediately, and be it further

RESOLVED: that the pre-registration forms contain a signature line for use of the academic advisor and a signature line for the student to use if the student has not obtained advice from his/her academic advisor.