The student advising demand at the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication at the University of Houston exceeds current capacity of its resources.
As of the Fall 2013 semester, there are only three advisors to meet the needs of 2,100 students—much too great a number to manage for ongoing enrollment deadlines.
As students, we seek to exemplify the richness and excellence of character promoted by a “Tier One University”; however, such an advising oversight hinders our ability to do so faithfully.
Under the current advising system, students must arrive at the School earlier than 6 a.m. in order to receive guaranteed mandatory advising. Many students arrive early every day, only to be told they must wake up earlier. Even if a morning walk-in appointment is secured, students may wait up to four hours to be seen by an advisor.
On Fridays at 8 a.m., afternoon appointments made for the few weekly appointments online are filled in less than two minutes.
This places an unreasonable amount of responsibility and uncertainty on the student.
These issues place an undue burden on our current advisors, who work tirelessly to provide assistance, but are limited by this lack of personnel support.
As signatories of this petition, we seek resolution of this pressing issue, and ask for the addition of more advisors at the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication. This addition, even if temporary, would more reasonably accommodate its students and current advisors.
The administration keeps ignoring our emails but this surge of support shows they cannot hide from us anymore. We are building the momentum needed to force the Valenti School to finally stop treating students like obstacles instead of people.
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Elena Turner
12 years ago
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seriously?? 6am line ups? we are paying tuition for this kind of stress?
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Sarah Ellis
12 years ago
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it is honestly insane that we have to show up at 5am just to get a spot. i have work and classes and this is killing my gpa.
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Brian Hale
12 years ago
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need more help here. its impossible to graduate on time when you cant even talk to someone about your degree plan.
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Jessica Fletcher
12 years ago
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i tried to get an appointment last week and they were gone in literally 30 seconds. fix this system before i lose my mind.
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Marcus Dixon
12 years ago
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3 advisors for 2000+ students is a joke. do better UH.
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David Murray
12 years ago
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the advisors are great but they are totally overworked. its not fair to them or us.
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Vicky Lepham
12 years ago
NEED MORE ADVISORS
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The student advising demand at the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication at the University of Houston exceeds current capacity of its resources.
As of the Fall 2013 semester, there are only three advisors to meet the needs of 2,100 students—much too great a number to manage for ongoing enrollment deadlines.
As students, we seek to exemplify the richness and excellence of character promoted by a “Tier One University”; however, such an advising oversight hinders our ability to do so faithfully.
Under the current advising system, students must arrive at the School earlier than 6 a.m. in order to receive guaranteed mandatory advising. Many students arrive early every day, only to be told they must wake up earlier. Even if a morning walk-in appointment is secured, students may wait up to four hours to be seen by an advisor.
On Fridays at 8 a.m., afternoon appointments made for the few weekly appointments online are filled in less than two minutes.
This places an unreasonable amount of responsibility and uncertainty on the student.
These issues place an undue burden on our current advisors, who work tirelessly to provide assistance, but are limited by this lack of personnel support.
As signatories of this petition, we seek resolution of this pressing issue, and ask for the addition of more advisors at the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication. This addition, even if temporary, would more reasonably accommodate its students and current advisors.
The administration keeps ignoring our emails but this surge of support shows they cannot hide from us anymore. We are building the momentum needed to force the Valenti School to finally stop treating students like obstacles instead of people.
7 Comments
E
Elena Turner
12 years ago
Featured
seriously?? 6am line ups? we are paying tuition for this kind of stress?
S
Sarah Ellis
12 years ago
Featured
it is honestly insane that we have to show up at 5am just to get a spot. i have work and classes and this is killing my gpa.
B
Brian Hale
12 years ago
Featured
need more help here. its impossible to graduate on time when you cant even talk to someone about your degree plan.
J
Jessica Fletcher
12 years ago
Featured
i tried to get an appointment last week and they were gone in literally 30 seconds. fix this system before i lose my mind.
M
Marcus Dixon
12 years ago
Featured
3 advisors for 2000+ students is a joke. do better UH.
D
David Murray
12 years ago
Featured
the advisors are great but they are totally overworked. its not fair to them or us.
V
Vicky Lepham
12 years ago
NEED MORE ADVISORS
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seriously?? 6am line ups? we are paying tuition for this kind of stress?