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The Council for the Advancement of Students in Higher Education ( CAS ) standards and guidelines for academic advising capture this integrative dimension : " The primary purpose of an academic advising program is to assist students in the development of meaningful educational plans ... In an academic advising program where consultative relationships exist between students and advisers , some students propose actions with which the academic adviser cannot agree . Barman and Benson ( 1981 ) suggest that peer advisors can help reduce the advisor / advisee ratio and thus provide a more personal and individual academic advising program . The report does suggest that counts and retention data are used to assess the effectiveness of the Academic Advising program .