Early warning systems for more effective student counselling in higher education:Evidence from a Dutch field experiment
Early Warning Systems (EWS) in higher education accommodate student counsellors by identifying at-risk students and allow them to intervene in a timely manner to prevent student dropout. This study evaluates an EWS that shares student-specific risk information with student counsellors, which was implemented at a large Dutch university. A randomised field experiment was conducted to estimate the effect of EWS-assisted counselling on first-year student dropout and academic performance. The results show that the EWS accurately predicts at-risk students. Yet, EWS-assisted counselling did not reduc... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: | Plak , S , Cornelisz , I , Meeter , M & van Klaveren , C 2022 , ' Early warning systems for more effective student counselling in higher education : Evidence from a Dutch field experiment ' , Higher Education Quarterly , vol. 76 , no. 1 , pp. 131-152 . https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12298 , https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12298 |
| Schlagwörter: | /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/quality_education / name=SDG 4 - Quality Education |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29045537 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/609009f8-6c0e-4d82-a241-ee48cacc73f3 |
Early Warning Systems (EWS) in higher education accommodate student counsellors by identifying at-risk students and allow them to intervene in a timely manner to prevent student dropout. This study evaluates an EWS that shares student-specific risk information with student counsellors, which was implemented at a large Dutch university. A randomised field experiment was conducted to estimate the effect of EWS-assisted counselling on first-year student dropout and academic performance. The results show that the EWS accurately predicts at-risk students. Yet, EWS-assisted counselling did not reduce dropout, nor improved academic performance. Solving the underlying problem of poor academic performance might require additional actionable feedback and recommended counselling practices.