Primary Research Group has published the Survey of Academic Advising Practices During the Pandemic, ISBN 978-1-57440-639-9
The report looks closely at how academic advising departments have adjusted to the pandemic and how they are helping students to confront its consequences. Data and commentary in the report is sourced from 41 colleges and universities in the USA. The study compares the number of students currently served vs. the number in the same period last year. It looks at how advising sessions are being conducted, with what communications technology and how policies developed pre-epidemic are being followed or changed in the current environment. The study also looks at how advising officials are working with retention and assessment officials to limit losses of student enrollment during the pandemic. In addition, it gives detailed info on how the pandemic is likely to impact the employment prospects and budgets of college advising departments.
Just a few of this 103-page report’s many findings are that:
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During the pandemic, approximately 27% of online academic advising sessions are completed in less than 20 minutes.
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98.1% of academic advising sessions are currently conducted online.
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51% of colleges in the sample require students to see an academic advisor.
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14.64% of respondents were using Skype frequently or very frequently in their academic advising work.
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40% of academic advising programs connected to schools charging less than $5,500 per year in annual tuition used Microsoft Teams frequently or very frequently in their current academic advising effort.
Data in the page report is broken out by size and type of institution, by tuition level, for public and private institutions and enrolment level. A PDF edition of this report is currently available directly from Primary Research Group for $109.00; a print edition at the same price will be available for shipment on June 5th, 2020 and can be ordered now. Site licenses are also available.
For a table of contents, list of participating institutions, the questionnaire and an excerpt – view the product page for this report at: https://www.primaryresearch.com/AddCart.aspx?ReportID=613
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