Comprehensive, integrated advising interventions improve progression, academic achievement, and postsecondary degree attainment for postsecondary students¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2021 · checked against its sources 2026-10-17 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Comprehensive, integrated advising interventions demonstrated statistically significant and positive average effects on progressing in college, academic achievement, and postsecondary degree attainment. → Karp 2021

Evidence¶

Karp 2021¶

Karp, M., Ackerson, S., Cheng, I., Cocatre-Zilgien, E., Costelloe, S., Freeman, B., Lemire, S., Linderman, D., McFarlane, B., Moulton, S., O'Shea, J., Porowski, A., & Richburg-Hayes, L. (2021). Effective advising for postsecondary students: A practice guide for educators (WWC 2022003). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/PracticeGuide/28

q3 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

WWC meta-analysis across eight studies of comprehensive, integrated advising interventions for postsecondary students in the United States; four met WWC group design standards without reservations and four with reservations. The interventions showed "statistically significant and positive average effects" in the three outcome domains. No effect sizes are printed.

"The interventions demonstrated statistically significant and positive average effects on progressing in college, academic achievement, and postsecondary degree attainment (see Table 3)."

Discussion¶

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