Can Technology-Augmented Academic Advising Improve College Graduation Rates?

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Sacramento State to meet its “lofty” goals for four-year graduation rates. More than 60 percent of the students are transfers, who don’t always follow a traditional four-year pathway, said Murphy. A transfer student herself, she added that there’s a moral obligation to students and their families to get them to graduate in a timely manner.

What’s helped her team, she said, are tools like Smart Planner, which shows and recommends students’ degree requirements. All the technology Sacramento State has adopted enhances the face-to-face work done with students, she said.

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