@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp12739,
            	author={Canaan, Serena and Deeb, Antoine and Mouganie, Pierre},
            	title={Advisor Value-Added and Student Outcomes: Evidence from Randomly Assigned College Advisors},
            	year={2019},
	month={Oct},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={12739},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp12739},
	abstract={This paper provides the first causal evidence on the impact of college advisor quality on student outcomes. To do so, we exploit a unique setting where students are randomly assigned to faculty advisors during their first year of college. We find that higher advisor value-added (VA) substantially improves freshman year GPA, time to complete freshman year and four-year graduation rates. Additionally, higher advisor VA increases high-ability students' likelihood of enrolling and graduating with a STEM degree. Our results indicate that allocating resources towards improving the quality of academic advising may play a key role in promoting college success.},
	keywords={academic advising;STEM;college completion;value-added},
            }