ERIC Number: ED624299
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022-May-17
Pages: 20
Abstractor: ERIC
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Using Data in Postsecondary Advising to "Lift" Completion Likelihood
National College Attainment Network
For students pursuing a postsecondary education, where they go is as important as whether they go. National College Attainment Network ("NCAN") member programs and college access programs more broadly often inform students about their likelihood of completing a degree at their prospective postsecondary destinations as part of the advising process. Even holding constant institutional sector and selectivity, postsecondary completion rates vary widely. This rate variability is also true across different racial and ethnic groups of students, even at the same institution. High schools can (and should) incorporate this knowledge and more prominently advise students that where they matriculate can have a substantial impact on their likelihood of attaining a postsecondary degree. This brief offers support for the idea that graduation rates vary tremendously and, because of that, where students go matters. Postsecondary advising practice must shift to focus on these matriculation decisions and help put students on a path that is likely to see them complete a degree.[This report was produced with the Vela Institute.]
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Data, Academic Persistence, Educational Attainment, Academic Advising, Access to Education, High School Students, Time to Degree, Graduation Rate, Race, Ethnicity
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Postsecondary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National College Attainment Network (NCAN)
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