And Brown's system has not gone unnoticed. In the report provided by COFHE, Brown students seem to be more satisfied with advising than most other selective institutions.
In the coming years, Brown is planning on changing their wording when describing advising at the college. To emphasize the student's necessarily active role in advising, Brown will term their system an "Advising Partnership."
Students generally agree with this philosophy.
"Brown is whatever you make it. You can get good advising but it takes a lot of work to get it," Daniel J. Edinberg, a Brown junior, said. "If you want a great adviser, you have to ask people. You have to find it."
So What Now?
For example, though Brown comes out near the top of the COFHE evaluation, internal Brown surveys show advising near the bottom of things with which students are satisfied.
"Advising comes just above food service," Shaw jokes.
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