Adviser Value Added and Student Outcomes: Evidence from Randomly Assigned College Advisers

Serena Canaan, Antoine Deeb and Pierre Mouganie

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2022, vol. 14, issue 4, 151-91

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.

JEL-codes: I23 I26 J24 J31 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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