Posts about degree planning

57% of students enrolled in college do not graduate after six years. Of that 57%, 33% of them drop out entirely.

Guided pathways is an initiative in which colleges and universities create clear maps to graduation for each of their programs. Course sequencing can be complicated. Particularly for populations already at risk for marginalization on campus. And it’s not just complicated for students.

Across the country, high school seniors are gathering their gowns and mortarboard caps. Graduation is dawning for millions of students, and the path toward what’s next might be clear. And it might not be. Even for those who are college-bound, the details can be a little fuzzy. Particularly when it ...

At DegreeSight, we know that there are plenty of challenges facing students everyday that affect their ability to graduate on time. And those challenges intensify for part time students. This population has different needs from full time students when it comes to academic advising and degree ...

There are plenty of things in the life of every college student that make building a clear degree plan slide onto the back burner. Assignments. Tests. Work. Social lives. Not to mention that many degree planners are boring and confusing to begin with, along with students’ expectations of being ...

With NACADA 2018 coming up, we’re looking back on the highlights from the 2017 conference. DegreeSight’s team introduced our degree planning tool to over one hundred advisors, counselors, deans, and more. Overwhelmingly, we heard the same thing: “We need this!”