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LTI-OPS-029

Exempt high-performing students with completed plans from registration holds

Two-year to four-yearappliesFour-year to two-yearappliesFour-year to four-yearapplies

Mechanism

Students with a good GPA and a verified academic plan get their advising hold lifted automatically. Advisors then spend their time on the students who are struggling.

Preconditions

A student information system configured to check GPA and plan completeness and release holds on its own.

Owner, by role

Director of Advising / Registrar IT Director

Who can act

One institution alone

Effort

Medium, 6 months to first visible effect

Outcome metric

Advising wait times during registration; student satisfaction

Failure modes

System rules may fail to recognize manual adjustments to plans, inappropriately flagging self-directed students with holds.

Contra-indications

None stated

Related practices

  • LTI-OPS-002 Organize academic advising around specific credit thresholds