CASA, the Center for Academic Support and Advising, provides a variety of services to students and faculty including:

• Recording change of advisor
• Certification of academic good standing for other institutions, potential employers, and auto insurance firms
• Copies of materials submitted by a student during the admissions process other than examples of work that are returned by the admissions office
• Meetings with students whose registration has been blocked because of insufficient academic progress
• Consultation with faculty advisors in the course of preparing academic planning and probation contracts for students making insufficient academic progress
• Coordination of readers, proofreaders, etc. for students with documented learning disabilities
• Liaison work with Hampshire and Five College faculty regarding classroom accommodations for students with learning and/or psychological disabilities
• Verification of graduation for students taking the bar exam

Conversations We Have:

• Choosing and changing advisors
• Course selection
• Finding appropriate faculty for work at all divisional levels
• Finding chairs and members for committees
• What Division I, Division II, and Division III are all about
• Students' concerns about academic progress
• Staying on course for graduation in four years
• Concerns about academic preparation and support
• Referral to other academic support services including the Writing Center, global education office, and the Career Options Resource Center
• Staying on course to meet academic goals and remain in good academic standing. Sometimes advisors and committee chairs are part of these conversations.
• Interpreting and translating Hampshire's academic structure for others
• Concerns and questions of first-year students
• Concerns and questions of Division II students
• Concerns and questions of Division III students
• Distributional requirement placement for first-years students with AP or international baccalaureate credit
• Transfer student concerns such as Division I/Division II placement and timelines for graduation
• Parent concerns: telephone and in-person conversations when appropriate
• Strategies for identifying options, setting goals, managing time
• Learning and psychological disabilities
• Going on leave, field study, or exchange
• Withdrawing or transferring to another institution