Student needs assessment template for designing comprehensive advising¶

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Description¶

A sample template (Figure 1.2, from Achieving the Dream, 2018) that advising teams can use to begin evaluating the extent of student need on campus. "The template in Figure 1.2 includes questions about financial circumstances and background characteristics that can help an advising team begin evaluating the extent of student need on campus." It asks institutions to estimate the percentage of students facing issues such as working more than 20 hours a week, Pell Grant eligibility, food insecurity, parenting responsibilities, and first-generation status. The panel suggests it can be tailored to different student groups.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Initial assessments help institutions identify and anticipate the student needs that their comprehensive supports must address; the assessment can be tailored to different student groups

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• postsecondary students at community colleges and 4-year institutions

Target Learning Goals¶

• identifying academic, financial, social, and emotional student needs to guide advising design

Affordances¶

• Holistic Student Support Framework

Claims¶

• Comprehensive, integrated advising interventions improve progression, academic achievement, and postsecondary degree attainment for postsecondary students [+W]

Related Elements¶

• Comprehensive Integrated Advising Recommendation

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• 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