Advisor.AI and Florida Atlantic University’s Office of Appreciative Education Unite to Empower 100,000 Advisors by 2029

Empowering Advisors. Transforming Student Success.

San Francisco, CA — August 19, 2025 — Advisor.AI, a leader in AI-powered academic and career advising support services, today announced a strategic partnership with the Office of Appreciative Education (OAE) at Florida Atlantic University to help colleges and universities transform student success.

Through this collaboration, Advisor.AI's partnering institutions will gain access to OAE’s award-winning professional development in Appreciative Advising—a human-centered framework built on six core phases: Disarm, Discover, Dream, Design, Deliver, and Don’t Settle. These phases are also seamlessly integrated into Advisor.AI’s intuitive, scalable platform, enabling advising teams to create transformative student experiences while strengthening their ability to engage students meaningfully.

“What has excited me most about Artificial Intelligence is the promise and possibility that it has to free up time for advisors to focus their time and attention on building relationships rather than completing low impact tasks."

~ Dr. Jennifer L. Bloom, co-founder of Appreciative Advising and Appreciative Education movements.

With 66% of students feeling stressed about post-graduation decisions and advisors facing heavier workloads than ever, this partnership combines Advisor AI’s data-driven platform with OAE’s proven best practices to improve student persistence, belonging, and completion rates. Research shows that students who regularly engage with trained advisors have a 10–15% higher persistence rate, highlighting the essential role of well-supported advisors.

“Technology is only part of the solution. Our mission is to inspire and empower more advisors to help students find meaningful pathways, efficiently scale support, and foster strategic innovation through data. This partnership speeds up that mission by integrating our industry leading advising technology—developed with feedback from advisors across over 200 colleges worldwide—with the award-winning advising practices of OAE.”

~ Arjun Arora, Founder of AdvisorAI.

Advisors and institutions benefit in three key ways:

1. Transforming Advising Experiences from Day One – Advising is the co-creation of academic and career pathways, fostering continuous growth, providing constructive feedback, and cultivating meaningful connections. Offering personalized, timely, and comprehensive support early on helps more students reach their academic goals.
2. Resources for Advisor Satisfaction and Retention – Reduce professional development costs while providing advisors an award-winning training experience and a vibrant professional community. Advisors are critical to institutional success, and this partnership provides an opportunity for advisors to have an even deeper impact on students and the institution's success. 
3. Empowered Advisors, Empowered Students – Advisors trained in Appreciative Advising boost student belonging, confidence, and success. Advisor AI + Appreciative Advising = higher student completion and career readiness rates.

“The purpose of college is not to prepare you for what you will do the rest of your life. It is to prepare you for your first steps after graduation. You just need to make sure you are going in the right direction.”

 ~ Alan Beaudrie, Award-Winning Academic Advisor, Arizona State University & University of Arizona

Together, Advisor.AI and the Office of Appreciative Education are scaling advising support to millions of students—by restoring the joy, purpose, and true impact of every advisor interaction.

For more information, visit Advisor AI + Appreciative Advising.