Advisor.AI | Campus-Wide Pathways

Pathways By Advisor.AI ®

From Fragmented Systems to a Unified Student Journey

Bring together recruitment, advising, career services, and student success into a connected, easy to use and evidence based platform. Now in its third edition, Pathways by Advisor AI reflects years of applied research across leading educational and workforce organizations, feedback from thousands of advising professionals, and insights from more than 100 experiments.

Built on our proprietary Explore, Prepare, Connect, and Optimize framework and specialized AI models, our platform has proven to empower teams to scale high-quality guidance with ease, test and refine evidence-based strategies within weeks, and transform experiences across the entire student lifecycle.

EXPLORE USE CASES PLAN YOUR FIRST LAUNCH

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Explore & Compare

Help students find direction early on with adaptive career exploration.

Adaptive Assessments: Match student interests and aspirations to best fit program options through a research-based, dynamic assessment.
Integrated Career Exploration: Explore best-fit career pathways with tailored insights into growth opportunities and labor market trends.

Institutional Program Matching: Receive personalized major and program recommendations based on each institution’s unique offerings.

This was a wonderful program to use with my two College Freshmen classes in guiding them with a tool for early course selections and choice of major. It was 'user friendly' in its initial set up and students were able to be guided into course selection, areas of concentration and potential majors; and were given the opportunity at the end to discuss live with an advisor.

Prepare & Build

Turn aspirations into personalized, structured, holistic plans.

Automated Plan Generation: Transform career interests into structured, multi-year academic plans aligned to courses, experiences, and milestones in minutes.
Degree Planning Assistance: Students get instant clarity on course options, degree requirements, credit policies, and registration steps.
Customizable Milestones: Students can visualize their progress with a clear visual roadmap, track their progress over time, and set new academic or career goals.
Advisor Data Sync: Students can share plans and goals with teams in a few clicks, and seek timely, comprehensive feedback on next steps when they need it most.

Boost Career Readiness. Convert goals into step-by-step experiences.

Personalized Planning: Walk students through each step to create custom pathways — whether in Business, Technology, or Sciences.
Institution Specific Competency Tracking: Empower teams to assess progress, identify intervention points, and deliver personalized feedback using real-time engagement and completion data.
Streamlined Collaboration & Note Sharing: Enable in-app plan review and seamless note sharing across students and advising teams.

Career Readiness Assistance: Help students to easily discover best-fit jobs, relevant industry skills, and connect with institutional resources.

We’re using this as a way of increasing the size of our funnel into our enrollment pathways. Students get an idea of what they want to do and then we share that information with our outreach team .... And when I ran into mistakes with the platform recommendations, I was able to contact the team and they made sure the information was updated very quickly. I can’t do that with any of the other ones.

Connect & Engage

Build momentum and ensure students are supported 24/7.

Institution-Specific AI Assistance: Provide 24/7 answers grounded in campus policies, programs, and resources—without generic responses.
Smart Prompts & Preparation: Guide students toward the right questions, next steps, and advisor conversations at the right time.

Comprehensive Guardrails: Extensive testing and safeguards in place reduce bias, mitigate operational risk, and build trust over time.
Transparency: Answers cite their sources (where applicable), so students and advising teams understand what information to trust.

Human support and connections made easier.

Appointment preparation: Easily review recent chatbot questions, exploration activities, and progress notes before a conversation begins.
One Stop Shop Care Hub: Centralize messages, tasks, and guidance in one place, so all students and staff stay aligned and informed.
Advisor connection: Help students bring their exploration, questions, and plans into a more productive conversation with a human advisor.
Smart Resource Connections: Ensure every student is connected to the right advisor at the right time, without guesswork or handoffs.

I shared the demo with one of our campus partners, and I thought I was going to have to reach across the table and pick his jaw back up, because he was just amazed by it. It was one of those things where he was just like, I didn’t know it could be this specific, and this specialized, and not just another customer service chatbot.

Optimize & Report

Empower teams with clarity and insight to find their peak.

Unified student view: See student chatbot questions, pathway activity, team notes, milestones, and next steps in one place.
Appointment preparation: Easily review recent chatbot questions, exploration activities, and progress notes before a conversation begins.
Cohort management: Organize students by program, major, engagement level, milestone completion, or institutional priority.
Team collaboration: Coordinate notes, referrals, communications, and follow-up across advising and student-support teams.

Identify what efforts work the best. Insights that drive transformation.

Engagement visibility: See which students are exploring programs, using advising support, and completing key milestones.
Cohort reporting: Easily filter, review and export student activity by program, major, milestones, time periods, or custom groups.
Student engagement insights: Understand how students are using advising resources and where additional support may be needed.
Continuous improvement: View student chatbot engagement patterns to refine communication, campus resources, and advising strategies.

It's this continuous cycle of experimentation versus waiting 12 months to see results. Teams can do outreach within the first few weeks and start iterating within 3 months. If you embed this into an advising appointment, you can see where students are getting stuck within days and then ask: do we have a workshop on that? That's powerful."

High School Exploration
Dual Enrollment
Adult Learners
Undeclared Advising
Program Advising
Proactive Advising
Career Exploration
Internship Preparation
Workforce Readiness

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High School Program Exploration

The Challenge

Many traditional-age students are interested in attending college but are unsure about what they want to do next. At the same time, enrollment management teams often have limited visibility into prospective students' interests and hesitation points before an application is submitted, making it difficult to provide personalized guidance at scale.

How Advisor AI Helps

Enrollment Pathways help prospective students easily explore academic programs and connect their interests to areas of study at your institution. As students engage, enrollment teams gain insight into what students are exploring, enabling more personalized outreach and interventions.

Getting Started

This pathway can be embedded into inquiry campaigns, outreach to high school juniors and seniors, and campus visit programs. Teams can begin with a single student population, measure engagement and program trends, and expand to additional recruitment initiatives over time.

EXPLORE ENROLLMENT PATHWAYS

Dual Enrollment

Challenge

Dual-enrollment students are already earning college credit, but many do not fully understand how their current coursework connects to a credential, degree pathway, transfer opportunity, or future career. As a result, Students may miss opportunities to continue toward their post-secondary goals.

How Advisor AI Helps

Enrollment Pathways help dual credit students connect their current courses to academic programs, explore future educational and career opportunities, and better understand the steps required to achieve their goals. Students gain a clearer sense of purpose and direction, while enrollment teams gain greater visibility into student interests and progress.

Getting Started

This pathway can be embedded within dual-enrollment programs, early-college initiatives, and K-12 partnership programs. Teams can begin with a single student population, support ongoing program exploration, and build stronger pathways from dual enrollment to future enrollment.

EXPLORE ENROLLMENT PATHWAYS

Adult Learner Upskilling

Challenge

Many working adults want to advance in their careers, transition into a new field, or develop new skills, but are unsure which program, credential, certificate, or course best aligns with their goals. This uncertainty can make it difficult for adult learners to take the next step and for enrollment teams to effectively guide them.

How Advisor AI Helps

Enrollment Pathways help adult learners connect their career and educational goals to relevant institutional offerings, explore available options, and identify a realistic path forward. Learners gain greater confidence in their next step, while enrollment teams gain insight into learner interests and more relevant ways to support them.

Getting Started

This pathway can be embedded within workforce development partnerships, continuing education initiatives, adult learner recruitment campaigns, and career transition programs. Teams can start with a specific learner population, measure engagement and program interest, and expand to additional cohorts over time.

EXPLORE ENROLLMENT PATHWAYS

Undeclared Advising

Challenge

Many students know what subjects, activities, or experiences interest them but are unsure which major, program, or pathway best aligns with their interests and long-term goals. This uncertainty can make decision-making more difficult and lead to students feeling overwhelmed.

How Advisor AI Helps

Academic Pathways help students easily explore institutional programs, connect academic options to potential career opportunities, and better understand the choices available to them. Students arrive at advising conversations with greater clarity about their interests and questions, while advisors gain a more informed starting point for meaningful discussions.

Getting Started

This pathway can be embedded within undeclared student initiatives, first-year advising programs, transfer student onboarding, and change-of-major support services. Teams can begin with a specific student population and expand to additional advising initiatives as engagement and outcomes are measured.

EXPLORE ACADEMIC PATHWAYS

Program Advising

Challenge

Once students select a major or enter an academic department, they often need help understanding program requirements, milestones, opportunities, resources, and key decisions along the way. Important information can be spread across multiple systems and sources, making it harder for students to know what steps to take next.

How Advisor AI Helps

Academic Pathways bring department-specific information, course guidance, resources, opportunities, milestones, and approved next steps into one connected experience. Students can prepare for advising conversations, access guidance between meetings, and revisit resources as they progress through their program.

Getting Started

This pathway can be embedded within a college, school, department, or selected degree program. Teams can begin with a specific academic area, align content and guidance with department goals, and expand to additional programs as students and advisors benefit from a more consistent advising experience.

EXPLORE ACADEMIC PATHWAYS

Proactive Advising

Challenge

Students may miss important milestones, pause after completing one semester, or struggle to identify the right support at the right time. Without timely guidance, small moments of uncertainty can become barriers to persistence and graduation.

How Advisor AI Helps

Academic Pathways help students stay connected to their goals by highlighting upcoming steps, providing approved guidance, connecting them with relevant campus resources, and supporting progress between advising appointments. Students receive timely support that helps them make informed decisions and continue moving forward.

Getting Started

This pathway can be embedded within first-year cohorts, gateway course populations, selected academic programs, and student persistence initiatives. Teams can begin with a specific student group, identify key milestones and interventions, and expand proactive support as engagement and outcomes are measured.

EXPLORE ACADEMIC PATHWAYS

Career Exploration

Challenge

Students are often interested in exploring their future possibilities, but they begin at different stages, have different levels of confidence, and may not know where to start. Appointment-based services alone can make it difficult for career teams to reach every student at the right moment.

How Advisor AI Helps

Career Pathways guide students through self-paced exploration of their interests, strengths, goals, majors, experiences, and potential career options. Students build awareness of possible paths, identify areas they want to explore further, and arrive at career conversations with more focused questions.

Getting Started

This pathway can be embedded within first-year seminars, general education courses, undeclared student programs, and campus-wide career initiatives. Teams can begin with a specific student population before providing access across campus.

EXPLORE CAREER PATHWAYS

Internship Preparation

Challenge

Students often want an internship but are unsure when to begin, what preparation is required, or which resources can help them become competitive candidates. Without early guidance, students may miss important milestones or opportunities.

How Advisor AI Helps

Career Pathways help students understand the internship preparation process, identify key milestones, connect with approved resources, organize questions, and take action before application deadlines. Students build confidence and arrive at career conversations with clearer goals and a better understanding of their next steps.

Getting Started

This pathway can be embedded within internship courses, sophomore and junior student cohorts, career-readiness programs, and selected academic departments. Teams can begin with a specific population, reinforce consistent preparation practices, and expand support as students engage and progress through the internship journey.

EXPLORE CAREER PATHWAYS

Workforce Readiness

Challenge

Career readiness develops over time through exploration, experiences, skill-building, preparation, and reflection. However, students often lack visibility into their progress and may not know what steps to take next or how their activities connect to future goals.

How Advisor AI Helps

Career Pathways help organize readiness milestones, student activities, completed steps, reflections, and follow-up opportunities in one connected experience. Students can better understand their progress, identify next actions, and stay accountable as they prepare for employment, graduate school, fellowships, entrepreneurship, or other post-graduation pathways.

Getting Started

This pathway can be embedded within career-readiness programs, academic departments, institution-wide workforce readiness efforts, and post-graduation planning programs. Teams can begin with a specific student population, define key milestones, and expand career development tracking and support across additional programs over time.

EXPLORE CAREER PATHWAYS

No. Advisor AI is designed to strengthen and scale the support only people can provide. The platform helps students explore options, answer routine questions, organize next steps, and prepare for deeper conversations. Advisors, career professionals, enrollment teams, faculty, and student success staff remain essential for interpretation, judgment, relationship-building, reassurance, and support through complex decisions.

Advisor AI supports students from first interest through academic exploration, advising, career planning, resource connection, and ongoing engagement. Institutions can configure pathways around enrollment, academic advising, career services, student success, and other priorities.

Yes. The first launch can focus on one office, school, program, cohort, class year, or student population. The right scope is large enough to produce meaningful learning and small enough for the participating team to own.

Begin with a recurring student need that has clear ownership, a defined first population, and observable early value. The first use case should be specific enough to guide configuration, communication, and evaluation.

The Advisor AI team works with institutional partners to configure the platform around approved programs, policies, resources, pathways, milestones, and priority use cases. The goal is to reflect the institution's language, goals, and support ecosystem rather than provide a generic student experience.

Most institutions can launch a typical use case in just 5–10 hours of advisor input. Our team handles about 90% of the setup, and the combination of self-service tutorials and an intuitive platform cut onboarding time from weeks down to hours.

Advisor AI brings student exploration, questions, interests, milestones, notes, and engagement signals into a clearer view. Teams can use that context to coordinate outreach, prepare for conversations, connect students to resources, and identify where additional support may be needed.

No. The integration approach depends on the selected use case, required information, institutional goals, and existing systems.

Advisor AI is designed to enhance the institutional ecosystem, not duplicate systems that already work well. Integrations are scoped based on institutional requirements, available data, existing systems, and implementation goals.

Pathways By Advisor.AI ®

From Fragmented Systems to a Unified Student Journey

Boost undergraduate and graduate enrollments by 5–8% with program recommendations

Increase persistence and graduation rates with individualized pathways & holistic advising support

Use real-time student insights to adjust outreach, communications & program strategy

Free up 100+ hours monthly per advisor across routine student support & advising inquiries

Explore & Compare

Early Exploration Reduces Friction Across the Student Journey

The Research Behind Our Adaptive Assessment

Prepare & Build

Structured Pathways Boost Credential Attainment, Advising, and Career-connected Learning

Easy To Launch. Tailored To Institutional Resources & Data. Evidence Based Framework Backed By 100+ Experiments.

Connect & Engage

A 5 Step Model for Implementing Responsible AI Across Student Success Operations

Responsible AI Trusted By The Largest Enterprises & 15,000+ Higher Ed Professionals

Optimize & Report

The Benefits of a Case Management Approach to Improving Completion

The Science Behind Our Student Engagement Score & How It Transforms Team Success

Start With One Pathway

Build a More Connected Journey from Interest to Enrollment

Build a More Connected Academic Advising Experience

Build a More Connected Career Services Ecosystem

Trusted by thousands of students and advising professionals, with a 98% annual satisfaction rating.