Who are the stakeholders and what are their roles in supporting a student on academic probation?
All members of the academic community have an interest and responsibility in fostering student success. A partnership needs to be formed between the student, the advisor and the institution; and this partnership should ideally embrace the strengths and needs of each stakeholder. With those definitions, the partners can determine their responsibilities and relationships to each other. An example of this partnership could be described in a student who is doing poorly in a math class. The student has the need for additional tutoring, and the advisor would be an invaluable part of the solution if he/she were able to provide the student with information about available tutoring services. The institution’s part would be to support a tutoring center with appropriate funding, personnel, and space. To bring this example full circle, the student then has a responsibility to understand these available resources and his or her responses to them. 5. What can advisors do? First and foremost, the aca
