Today's College Students Shy Away from Face-to-Face Advising

Campus Technology: It's time for student advising to go beyond the traditional format. While 44 percent of college students would like their coaching to be one-on-one in person, according to a recent survey, more collectively would prefer other modes, including e-mailing (18 percent), online via videoconference or texting (both at 11 percent), via personalized college app (10 percent) and by social media (6 percent).

Applying new formats for advising might address a conundrum that surfaced in the survey results.

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