Undergraduate Academic Advising partners with students throughout their undergraduate careers to help them define, plan for, and achieve their academic and personal goals, while supporting the University’s mission of providing a transformative educational experience.
Purpose and Goals
Undergraduate Academic Advising at Bentley is designed to:
- Support student success and timely degree completion by helping students understand degree requirements, academic policies, and curriculum options.
- Guide intentional academic planning, including both short-term (semester-by-semester scheduling) and long-term planning (graduation pathways, majors/minors, study abroad, experiential learning).
- Help students clarify and refine academic, personal, and professional goals, and understand how their coursework connects to those goals.
- Empower students to make informed, independent decisions about their academic paths through developmental advising.
Academic Advising Approach
Bentley’s advising model emphasizes student partnership and shared responsibility:
- Advisors serve as educators, guides, and mentors to encourage reflection, decision-making skills, and self-advocacy.
- Students are assigned to a professional academic advisor throughout their undergraduate experience.
- Bentley uses an open advising model, meaning students are welcome to meet with any professional academic advisor, in addition to their assigned advisor.
- Advising integrates academic planning with personal, social, and well-being support, including referrals to campus resources when needed.
Connecting with Academic Advising
- Schedule a thirty-minute appointment with an academic advisor via Navigate360.
- Attend Drop-in Hours (staffed by peer advisors and meant to be used for less complex, quick questions) in JEN 336 during posted times.
- Email your assigned advisor or UndergraduateAdvising@bentley.edu.
- Visit the Undergraduate Academic Advising Current Student webpage.
- Review the comprehensive Academic Advising Guidebook.