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The graduate program advisor is (preferably) a tenured Associate Professor or Full Professor. In addition to her or his own teaching and research responsibilities, the program graduate advisor agrees to take on the following responsibilities for a certain tenure of time. The graduate advisor’s duties may vary, but they typically include the following.
Let's go with the assumption that this student is genuinely unsuited for a PhD. Such people do exist, they do get into graduate programs, and it is not doing them, their advisor, or the field any favors to string them along and waste their time. What should the advisor do with them? There are two critical things: Communicate, and document.
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In the event that a student’s advisor leaves Stanford University or becomes emeritus, and has not been recalled to active duty, that advisor may continue to work with the graduate student as a co-advisor and serve on the oral and dissertation reading committees, with the appointment of a principal dissertation advisor who is currently a member of the Academic Council(see GAP 4.8, Doctoral.
Nonetheless, it is important for your training that you select an advisor who has sufficient funds to support your graduate research. When in doubt, a very important source of helpful information is to ask senior faculty, such as your graduate program advisor or your undergraduate thesis advisor, for their candid thoughts about particular faculty members of interest.
So, here it is: the Top 5 Traits of the Worst Advisors. If you are still considering graduate school, test for these before you commit yourself to an advisor or a program! If you are already in graduate school, and you recognize your advisor in this list, see if you can switch out. If not, work to protect yourself.