This handbook provides faculty and professional advisors with important and frequently referenced material in one location. It is updated each summer. Because many departments, schools, and colleges may make changes throughout the academic year, it is recommended that advisors verify information with the primary sources (departments or Dean’s Office) when possible.

Academic advising at its best :

• Engages students;
• Builds student-advisor collaborations;
• Helps students fulfill major program and University requirements;
• Assures graduation in a timely fashion;
• Stimulates exploration outside of the students' major disciplines;
• Encourages intellectual connections across disciplines;
• Integrates in and out of classroom experiences;
• Helps set goals and strategies to achieve them during and after college; and
• Prepares students for graduate study and/or employment.

FERPA

(The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, also known as “The Buckley Amendment,” of 1974)

Under the terms of FERPA, the University is only permitted to release or make public what is deemed “directory information” regarding students (see below). This federal act also gives students the right to inspect most of their academic records and restricts the release of records to others. An exception would be private notes and reference material. More detailed information can be found at the website www.unh.edu/student/rights