Combine personalized planning materials, student text messaging, and advisor training webinars to enhance college advising¶

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Description¶

This strategy pairs student-facing supports (personalized planning materials and text messaging) with advisor-facing training webinars to improve college advising. The article reports that this combination "increased the number and selectivity of colleges to which students apply", making it an implementable recipe for college-access programs.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Training webinars for advisors so advising practice changes alongside student materials

Constraints¶

• Positive impacts were on application steps; no impact was found on the importance students placed on academic quality or on early FAFSA completion

Target Learners¶

• High school students in college-access programs such as Upward Bound

Target Learning Goals¶

• College application behavior
• Applying to a broader and more selective set of colleges

Related Strategies¶

• Find The Fit Upward Bound Advising Program
• Pair college-transition messaging with more specific college-related information and adequate advisor capacity

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Alina Martinez, Tamara Linkow, Hannah Miller, Amanda Parsad. (2018). Study Snapshot: Study of Enhanced College Advising in Upward Bound: Impacts on Steps Toward College. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/study-snapshot-study-of-enhanced-college-advising-in-upward-bound-impacts-on-steps-toward-college