Student Attitudes Toward Technology-Mediated Advising Systems

Using focus group data from students at six colleges, this paper examines student preferences concerning technology-based advising tools and in-person advising sessions for different kinds of advising tasks.
Should Student Employment Be Subsidized? Conditional Counterfactuals and the Outcomes of Work-Study Participation

Using two waves of the Beginning Postsecondary Student survey, this paper provides the first national estimates of the effect of the Federal Work-Study program on students’ academic and labor market outcomes.
Using Technology to Reform Advising: Insights From Colleges

Based on research at six colleges, this guide provides lessons for colleges that want to use increasingly common technology tools to reform advising practices.
Evaluating Your College’s Readiness for Technology Adoption

Based on CCRC’s Readiness for Technology Adoption framework, this self-assessment tool provides rubrics to help colleges identify issues that may need to be addressed to facilitate successful reform.
Simplifying Complexity in the Student Experience

This practitioner packet aims to help colleges identify areas where students struggle due to complexity in the academic decision-making process and devise low-cost solutions.