TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Canaan, Serena
AU  - Deeb, Antoine
AU  - Mouganie, Pierre
        TI  - Advisor Value-Added and Student Outcomes: Evidence from Randomly Assigned College Advisors
        PY  - 2019/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12739
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp12739
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - academic advising
KW  - STEM
KW  - college completion
KW  - value-added
        ER  -