TY - JOUR AB - This paper provides the first causal evidence on the impact of college advisor quality on student outcomes. To do so, we exploit a unique setting where students are randomly assigned to faculty advisors during their first year of college. We find that higher advisor value-added (VA) substantially improves freshman year GPA, time to complete freshman year and four-year graduation rates. Additionally, higher advisor VA increases high-ability students’ likelihood of enrolling and graduating with a STEM degree. Our results indicate that allocating resources towards improving the quality of academic advising may play a key role in promoting college success. AU - Canaan, Serena AU - Deeb, Antoine AU - Mouganie, Pierre DA - November 2019 PY - 2019 ST - Advisor Value-Added and Student Outcomes: Evidence from Randomly Assigned College Advisors T2 - EdWorkingPapers.com TI - Advisor Value-Added and Student Outcomes: Evidence from Randomly Assigned College Advisors UR - http://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai19-154 ER -