Legislate a state-mandated milestone advising policy at thirty credit hours

Two-year to four-yearappliesFour-year to two-yearwith adaptationFour-year to four-yearwith adaptation

Mechanism

State law requires community college students to name a major and a destination university by 30 credits, which triggers targeted advising. Prerequisites get taken instead of electives.

Preconditions

Student tracking databases and mandatory advising holds at 30 credits.

Owner, by role

Community College Vice President of Student Affairs

Who can act

System, state or accreditor

Effort

Medium, 12 months to first visible effect

Outcome metric

Major declaration at 30 credits; later credit applicability

Failure modes

Advisors can easily become overwhelmed if advising centers lack the staff capacity to manage holds.

Contra-indications

Highly undecided students may experienceholds as unnecessary barriers to progression.