Freshmen advising workshops mandatory
By Christine Rhee
Daily Forty-Niner
Cal State Long Beach freshmen must sign
up for mandatory advising program workshops at the Academic Advising Center.
Workshops start Monday and will run through
next month.
All freshmen have been sent letters with
important information on how and when to make appointments with the center
for the workshops, said Marilee Samuelson, the director of CSULBís advising
center.
The existing holds on freshman files will
be released when the students attend the workshop, and if they fail to
do so, they will not be able to register for next semester, Samuelson said.
"We understand that the transition from
high school to college is difficult and uneasy for freshman students,"
Samuelson said. "The workshops will be very helpful for them."
Academic workshops will discuss academic
probation and teach freshmen how to choose appropriate classes for next
semester, how to get in touch with advisors in their major and how to be
successful in college.
The students will also participate in a
mandatory freshman survey.
A survey conducted in 1997 and 1998 found
that 56 percent of students had jobs and 36 percent of students live on
campus.
The survey also found that about 20 percent
of freshmen spent zero to 5 hours studying and preparing for classes each
week, with about 45 percent spending 6-10 hours, about 24 percent spending
11-15 hours and about 3 percent spending 20 hours or more.
About 2 percent reported that the amount
of work given by college courses was too little, about 85 percent reported
it to be about right, and about 13 percent contended it was too much.
The workshops will take place twice a day
Monday through Thursday and once Friday. In order to attend, each student
must make an appointment and bring a University Catalog to the workshop. |
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