FlightPath is designed to do more than store student information. It gives advisors the tools they need to understand students, plan academic paths, identify problems, and make better advising decisions.
Here are seven ways FlightPath’s academic advising software supports advisors in their day-to-day work.
1. Give Advisors the Full Picture
An advisor shouldn’t have to piece together a student’s academic history from several screens, spreadsheets, and systems.
FlightPath brings important student information together, making it easier to see:
- Degree requirements and progress
- Completed and remaining coursework
- Advising notes and plans
- Alerts and other indicators
This gives advisors a clearer picture of the student before and during an advising conversation.
2. Make the Path to Graduation Clearer
Knowing where a student is today is only part of advising. Students and advisors also need to understand what needs to happen next.
Academic planning helps students build a path toward graduation while giving advisors a way to identify potential problems before they become delays.
FlightPath combines academic planning with degree audit capabilities, helping advisors understand both where a student stands and where they can go next. Learn more about academic planning software for colleges and universities.
3. Make “What If?” Questions Easier to Answer
“What happens if I change my major?”
It’s a common advising question, and answering it shouldn’t require an advisor to manually work through an entirely new degree plan.
FlightPath’s what-if planning lets advisors and students explore different academic paths and see how existing coursework could apply to another program. Advisors can explore alternative paths while keeping the student’s current plan intact.
4. Take the Complexity Out of Degree Requirements
Academic programs can involve prerequisites, concentrations, electives, transfer credits, substitutions, exceptions, and other requirements.
FlightPath is designed to make those complexities easier to manage while giving students a clearer understanding of what they need to complete.
See Navigating Complex Degree Requirements with FlightPath for a closer look.
5. Help Advisors Find the Students Who Need Attention
With large advising caseloads, advisors can’t manually monitor every student with the same level of attention. That’s where proactive advising becomes important.
FlightPath can help advisors:
- Identify students showing signs of difficulty
- Prioritize students who need attention
- Define institution-specific risk criteria
- Intervene before problems become graduation delays
FlightPath includes customizable Early Alerts and reporting tools, along with Academic Priority, which helps advisors focus their efforts where they may have the greatest impact.
6. Keep Advisors and Students Connected
Advising doesn’t stop when an appointment ends. Advisors may need to follow up with students, answer questions, share information, or document an advising conversation.
FlightPath connects communication with the advising process, helping advisors spend less time switching between systems and more time working with students.
7. Turn Advising Data Into Action
Advising generates a tremendous amount of useful information. FlightPath helps institutions turn that information into something advisors and administrators can act on.
Advisors and administrators can use reports and analytics to identify trends, understand student progress, and determine where additional support may be needed.
FlightPath combines advising, degree planning, Early Alerts, Academic Priority, reports, and analytics to help institutions turn student data into actionable information.
Built Around the Work of Advisors
FlightPath is designed around the work advisors actually do: understanding students, planning toward graduation, exploring alternatives, managing complex requirements, identifying students who need help, communicating effectively, and using data to make better decisions.
That’s what it means to build academic advising software around advisors rather than simply giving them another system to manage.
Explore FlightPath’s features or learn more about FlightPath to see how FlightPath can support advisors and students at your institution.