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  • noun Plural form of advisee.

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Examples

  • (Nevermind that U.S. advisers will need other Americans and “fortified compounds” to protect them from their advisees.)

    Wonk Room » The Challenges Of Post-Occupation Iraq 2009

  • Professors at small- to mid-size colleges and universities regularly teach a variety of introductory and upper-division courses, in addition to working with advisees, meeting with prospective students and their families, attending faculty and committee meetings, serving in off-campus organizations, and, yes, attempting to remain engaged with one's field and the broader academic community.

    The Teaching vs. Research Debate at Our Universities 2011

  • Or at the graduation party he'd thrown for all his advisees, which she'd attended with her parents?

    (7) Plus and Minus Nathaniel Bellows 2011

  • Of course I am, Randall, the professor said with a sudden realization that was helped by the fact that he had only three advisees, one of which was a student from India and a second that was a young woman.

    Suicide Draft Nathaniel Tower 2011

  • Many of our advisees will be reading "Debt-Free U," and have questions for us.

    Best (and most unsettling) college admissions book ever 2010

  • As [Harvard professor Marc] Hauser faces federal inquiry, many of his former co-authors, graduate students, and undergraduate advisees struggle to comprehend how the man they knew as a prolific researcher, skilled communicator, and heavyweight in the field of cognitive psychology became enmeshed in scandal.

    A Harvard Professor's Fall From Grace 2010

  • I didn't get a lot of feedback from her, and I felt that she was much more invested in her other advisees than in me.

    Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2009

  • And IMHO an advisor with more than 5 advisees is a lot.

    apophenia » Blog Archive » Choosing the Right Grad School 2009

  • Im sure I speak for the 40 plus these advisees when I say thank you to you TR and to all those Profs. out there who put the same energy into their advisees.

    Writing An Honors Thesis: It's A Big Frakkin' Deal Tenured Radical 2009

  • One of my advisees just told me that the prevailing sentiment among undergraduates is that if McCain wins, they're all moving to Canada.

    Obama: A Vote For Me Is Vote For Bill Clinton Economy 2009

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