Academic advisement has been found to be inextricably intertwined with student retention, and is acknowledged by faculty instructional load policy at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) as an important part of faculty workload. At UALR, undergraduate advising is a mandatory process, with responsibility shared between faculty and professional academic advisors. Faculty development in the academic advising process is systematically provided, and includes a shadowing sequence in which the faculty member reviews a student's entire academic record and observes a professional staff academic advisor during an actual advising session. UALR has developed an undergraduate advisement record form for undergraduate advisement record-keeping and for evaluating faculty advising performance. The form is used by the University College and by the College of Business. The form offers a visual reminder of what is expected to be covered in an advisement session. As an evaluation tool, the form provides invaluable formative and summative information for many functions, for example, peer review and feedback, promotion and tenure portfolios, and error resolution. Samples of the form are appended. (Contains 15 references.) (JB)