The job is becoming more professionalized, holistic, and high tech. But colleges are just beginning to learn how to use new masses of data to help their students thrive.
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NewsStudent Needs Have Changed. Advising Must Change, Too.
Gone are the days of simply helping students register for classes and pick a major. New strategies and technologies are aimed at improving retention and graduation rates. -
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Stats Gathered in Advising Help Colleges Rethink Intro Courses
More-detailed information about student backgrounds aids in revamping classes predictive of student success. -
The Review
How to Best Harness Student-Success Technology
Lessons from Georgia State University, where an extensive intervention system has helped eliminate all achievement gaps based on race, ethnicity, and income level. -
The Review
The Right Way to Nudge Students
Interventions are effective only if the data being used tell the whole story.
