Advising needs SIGNIFICANT improvement!!! More oft...

Advising needs SIGNIFICANT improvement!!! More often than not I was given wrong information from advisors, which nearly made me take courses that were not needed. I also heard from many classmates that they had the same experience. Some even having to pay for classed that were not needed for their degree. I had to call repeatedly to try to ensure accuracy because I learned that I could not trust the information was reliable. This is absolutely unacceptable and is the main reason I would not necessarily recommend FSCJ.

Also, another negative impact was the fact that it did not seem as though teachers were held to any standards of responding to students in a timely manner or with grading expectations. Especially with online classes. For instance, you would have a 2nd paper or assignment due prior to the 1st assignment being graded and so you didn't know what the instructor was expecting, without having that fdbk to be able to have the opportunity to improve. One of my instructors didn't grade ANY assignments until Spring break and then she started, but was not consistent. She provided zero information on instructions for assignments, as far as what she wanted out of the assignment. We relied on our own class group texts to support us through the semester. I liked her as a person, but as an instructor, it was really difficult to go through the semester under that sort of stress.
This should not be acceptable for instructors to do this. As students, we are paying for a service and in my experience we are not getting what we're paying for.
If students are expected to have assignments in by a specific date, then it should also be expected that the instructor provides fdbk within a specific time frame to help the students learn and be successful. This lack of care tremendously and devastatingly impacts the student's understanding & expectations of the material, GPA, financial aid, and overall college experience.

I really think FSCJ really need to re-evaluate their mission to serve students.