In our advising system, each doctoral student is admitted to study with a primary adviser, but all entering students, in collaboration with their advisers, also choose two other faculty members to support them in their work. One of those faculty members must be from outside of the student’s main areas of interest. Students are encouraged to meet regularly with all members of their advising team during the year, and they meet with their advising team as a group in the spring. Students continue to work with an advising team during their second year, but they are invited to make changes to its membership if their interests have changed. In the third year, students choose a doctoral exam committee of three or four faculty. One of the many advantages of this more collaborative advising system is that it dissuades students from becoming overly specialized. Our goal is to prepare our students to be scholars of religion writ large, not simply scholars of Buddhism, Christianity, etc.