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The Effects of Student Coaching: An Evaluation of a Randomized Experiment in Student Mentoring

Dive into the impacts of student coaching on academic persistence, exploring the methodology, outcomes, and cost-effectiveness. Discover why coaching matters and the tailored approach that boosts retention rates significantly.

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The Effects of Student Coaching: An Evaluation of a Randomized Experiment in Student Mentoring

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  1. The Effects of Student Coaching: An Evaluation of a Randomized Experiment in Student Mentoring January 15, 2015 Eric Bettinger and Rachel Baker Stanford University

  2. Focus of this talk: Student Coaching Punch line: Increase in persistence of 9-15% What is coaching? Why coaching?

  3. The coaching model we studied • Intrusive, active advising: coaches contact students via phone, email, social networking, text. • Students can opt out at any point • Calls are individualized for student’s specific situation • Focus of coaching is generally meta-academic • Time management • Goal setting and planning • Using resources and advocating for themselves • Navigating college decisions

  4. Key components: people, methodology, technology • Emphasis on training and hiring coaches • Software tracks student contacts and progress • Prioritization of calls (this company uses a proprietary algorithm) • Company has a large library of resources and tools available to coaches • Costs about $1000/student/year

  5. Effects over time Effects across subgroups • Effects for both genders. Effects are larger for males. • Effects are similar for older (over 30) and younger students

  6. Thank you!Please feel free to contact us with questions via ED.

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