Advise TN

Evidence Step: Strong Evidence

Department: Higher Education

Priority Area: Workforce Development and Employment

Program Description

Advise TN is a college advising program placing a full-time equivalent employee in a high-need high school who provides college advising services to high school juniors and seniors.

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Details

Program Demographic: Adolescents / Young Adults

Delivery Setting: School

Current Participants: 12,219

Research

College advising provided by counselors (for high school students)

Outcomes

College-going rate of Advise TN students

2024: 46.7%

2023: 47%

2022: 46.8%

Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) filing (submission) rate of Advise TN students

2024: 76.9%

2023: 90.2%

2016: 78.1%

FAFSA completion rate of TNP applicants by deadline

2025: 73.5%

2024: 72.1%

Outputs

Number of students submitting a TN Promise application

2025: 4,956

2024: 4,935

2023: 5,119

Number of advisor interactions with students

2024: 21,962

2023: 24,000

Number of students at Advise TN partner schools served

2024: 13,128

2023: 13,579

Number of students at Advise schools

2025: 12,219

Number of advisor interactions with studentsn

2025: 22,478

Logic Model

If we provide comprehensive college access and success focused services (counseling, advising, outreach to parents, and assistance applying for college and financial aid) to junior and senior students, then there will be an increase in college enrollment among students who graduate from an Advise TN partner high school, supporting an increase in Tennessee’s overall educational attainment rate.