Abstract
AbstractA little more than a decade ago, MIT initiated a program of Freshman Advisor Seminars (FAS) in response to the need for improved academic advising and intellectual diversity in the freshman year. FAS build on a “very small group” learning model by bringing eight advisees together with an advisor (normally a faculty member) and an upperclass associate advisor for a weekly, informal seminar on one of a wide variety of leader‐chosen topics. FAS have become the dominant mode of first year advising at MIT, with approximately 90% of the freshman class enrolled in 135 different seminars during the 1996‐97 Academic Year. This paper introduces the MIT FAS program, sets forth its origins and its goals, and presents a case study of its implementation within one MIT academic department. Some lessons learned are extracted from the study.
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