ERIC Number: EJ1326803
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Jan
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-0951-5224
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Early Warning Systems for More Effective Student Counselling in Higher Education: Evidence from a Dutch Field Experiment
Higher Education Quarterly, v76 n1 p131-152 Jan 2022
Early Warning Systems (EWS) in higher education accommodate student counsellors by identifying at-risk students and allow them to intervene in a timely manner to prevent student dropout. This study evaluates an EWS that shares student-specific risk information with student counsellors, which was implemented at a large Dutch university. A randomised field experiment was conducted to estimate the effect of EWS-assisted counselling on first-year student dropout and academic performance. The results show that the EWS accurately predicts at-risk students. Yet, EWS-assisted counselling did not reduce dropout, nor improved academic performance. Solving the underlying problem of poor academic performance might require additional actionable feedback and recommended counselling practices.
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Identification, Counseling, Foreign Countries, Dropout Prevention, College Freshmen, Prediction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
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