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About FlightPath

What is FlightPath?

FlightPath is a web-based academic advising and degree audit platform, extended into a complete, enterprise-level student success management system for colleges and universities.

In plain English

One clear view of every student’s path

FlightPath began as an open-source academic advising platform, and has grown into a complete student success system. It gives everyone the same clear picture of where a student stands and what comes next.

Advisors use a simple point-and-click interface. Students check their progress from any device. Administrators run reports across the entire student body. And because FlightPath Academics hosts and supports the platform for you, your IT staff stays free to focus on campus priorities.

  • Advising, planning, and communications all in one system
  • Transfer credits, substitutions, prereqs, and so much more
  • Predictive analytics and early alerts for at-risk students
The FlightPath student profile, showing attributes and early alerts

Who uses it

Why your school will love FlightPath

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Students

Love it for its clean, friendly interface: checking progress, exploring majors, and messaging advisors from anywhere.

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Advisors

Love it for its fool-proof advising, reporting, and auditing, with every advisee’s full story in one place.

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Administrators

Love it for its ease of use and money-saving solutions that don’t demand an enterprise budget.

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Angela Robinson Couvillion, M.Ed.

Registrar - Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts

I've used FlightPath for more than a decade at both the higher ed and K-12 levels. I love that it lets me quickly and easily check a student's progress toward graduation as well as run reports to monitor the progress of the student body as a whole. It's transformed our advising process, making it easy to see how a student is doing at all points in their academic career.

Student success

From first meeting to graduation

FlightPath supports proactive advising and long-term degree planning.

  1. 1

    Spot

    Early alerts and at-risk indicators flag students who need attention, on criteria your institution defines.

  2. 2

    Reach out

    Advisors text or email the student directly from FlightPath, and every interaction is tracked.

  3. 3

    Adjust the plan

    Together, student and advisor adapt and plan, including what-if exploration of other majors.

  4. 4

    Follow through

    Reports and analytics show whether interventions are working, for one student or the whole campus.

For advising teams

Built around how advisors actually work

Advisors juggle large caseloads, complex requirements that change year-to-year, and students who need answers now. FlightPath keeps the entire caseload organized and prioritized, so time goes to advising, not hunting for information.
  • A complete history of advising sessions for every student
  • Comments and files on the student record, shared with students or kept faculty-only
  • Substitutions, exceptions, and transfer equivalencies applied in a click
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Why institutions choose FlightPath

Software your institution can trust

Reliable, secure, and designed to support your institution for the long term.

Hosted and supported for you

We manage the platform from end to end, so your IT staff has one less system to worry about.

Open-source foundation

FlightPath’s community edition is open source.
No black boxes. No vendor lock-in.

TX-RAMP certified security

Enterprise-grade security built around higher education requirements.

Accessible by design

Designed to meet WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards so every user can succeed.

Custom development on request

New features and functionality are easily built for your school, by the team that created FlightPath.

Practical pricing

Straightforward pricing designed to fit institutions of every size.

Ready to see it on your campus?

Request a demo and we’ll walk through FlightPath with your team: your programs, your curriculum, your questions.