academic advisor
Degree planning guide
An academic advisor is a staff member or faculty member at a school who helps students plan their education—selecting courses, meeting degree requirements, and navigating institutional procedures.
The relationship ranges from brief registration check-ins to ongoing mentorship: My academic advisor suggested I drop organic chemistry and retake it next semester.
Distinguished from thesis advisors, who supervise research.
- mentorTrusted wisdom-giving advisor
- professorSenior university teacher
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- facultyInherent power or ability
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
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- collegecampus, courses, application, dorms, dorm room
- college lifefreshman, freshman year, sophomore, junior, classes
- college termsuniversity, community college, fall semester, spring semester, liberal arts college
- advisorsconsultant, think tanks, counsel, expert panels, mentor
- mentorshipmentor, apprentice, pupil, student, teacher-student
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Mental health practitioner
mental health counselor · spiritual advisor · psychiatrist · clergy · counselor
academic advisoradvisee
Person receiving guidance
student · mentee · tutee · graduate student · doctoral candidate
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