The Advisor Diaries

Dear Diary,

In my prior life as a director of advising for a community college district, I met a father of one of our entering students hanging around the table at orientation. He was leafing through the information on our college and programs.

“We just moved here and I’m bringing my daughter to register for her first semester.” He added, “She’s still in high school, but I want her to take classes here to get prepared for university. She wants to be a software developer.” I expressed my appreciation for his concern and prepared myself for the typical “hovering” parent conversation that usually followed such introductions, but this was different. He kicked the table leg and shuffled through the papers. Read more…