Officials in any higher educational institution lend academic advising great importance due to its direct impact on students’ performance at the academic, scientific, cultural and social levels. Accordingly, CAS Ibri has placed a lot of interest in the academic advising process; assigning to the academic advisory committee the task of supervising, to the smallest detail, the way academic advising is being carried out in each department. This paper comprises a general description of the academic advising process—including the main steps and measures taken in Ibri College during this academic year—and analyses the most serious problems pointed out by the students in this respect. It sheds light on the problems encountered by students on academic probation and discusses a number of suggested solutions. It also reviews the general challenges to the academic advising process, and concludes with some suggestions and recommendations to promote it and improve its quality in Ibri College as well as the Colleges of Applied Sciences as a whole.

Officials in any higher educational institution lend academic advising great importance due to its direct impact on students’ performance at the academic, scientific, cultural and social levels. Accordingly, CAS Ibri has placed a lot of interest in the academic advising process; assigning to the...