Academic advising is a critical component of student success, retention, and completion. The advising process is vital to the success of community college students and serves as a tool for connecting students with faculty. Faculty advisors are often immersed in the college culture and are highly familiar with discipline and institutional requirements. As advisors, faculty must thoroughly understand the institution's mission, the programs and pathways offerings, communication with a diverse population of nontraditional students, and available resources to meet the needs of the student in a holistic manner. Faculty may be in the best position to fill the role of academic advisor but missing from the literature are the viewpoints of what faculty advisors perceive as necessary resources, skills, and knowledge to be successful in such roles. A Q methodology approach was used to help identify viewpoints about the knowledge, skills, and resources necessary in community colleges as it pertains to faculty-provided academic advising. Data were collected using QMethod software from 22 participants who completed a Q sort and a post-sort questionnaire. This research resulted in the identification of four distinct viewpoints: curriculum guidance, student advising, student accountability, and advising culture without support. Participants with a curriculum guidance viewpoint supported a prescriptive advising approach. Participants with a student advising viewpoint completed their assigned responsibilities as an assigned duty. Participants with a student accountability viewpoint saw faculty advisors as a resource but felt students are ultimately responsible for their academic decisions. Lastly, participants with an advising culture without support viewpoints depicted advising as part of the institutional culture but on a program or departmental level, not an institutional level. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]