ERIC Number: EJ1009840
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-1383
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Improving Advising Using Technology and Data Analytics
Phillips, Elizabeth D.
Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, v45 n1 p48-55 2013
Traditionally, the collegiate advising system provides each student with a personal academic advisor who designs a pathway to the degree for that student in face-to-face meetings. Ideally, this is a supportive mentoring relationship. In truth, however, this system is highly inefficient, error prone, expensive, and a source of ubiquitous student dissatisfaction. This article describes a method that enhances human advising with modern technology and data analytics, thereby freeing advisors to spend more time on the things only people can do. This method, called eAdvisor, helps students find majors in which they are likely to succeed; keeps them progressing toward a degree; and makes advisors more informed, efficient, and effective. It also allows the university to manage enrollments effectively, thereby saving money while improving student success. (Contains 5 figures and 1 resource.)
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Advising, Counselor Role, Faculty Advisers, Academic Support Services, Academic Achievement, Majors (Students), Academic Degrees, Course Selection (Students), Data Analysis, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Software
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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