“While graduate students are focused on the future, they also have multiple demands on their lives – working to advance their careers, raising families, and engaging in the community. Through online orientation, we’re able to create a vision of what their education can create for them and affirm their potential to succeed.”

A recent report concludes that incoming graduate students do not get the attention they need during the onboarding process. "This lack of attention can stem from the misconception that graduate students are adequately prepared to succeed at their post-baccalaureate studies due to their experience navigating the higher education environment as undergraduate students (Pontius & Harper, 2006). This is ultimately to the detriment of graduate students’ experience, as they report fears and anxieties similar to undergraduate students during their transition and orientation programs alleviate this anxiety. This ideological perspective neglects the specific intersectional and developmental needs of graduate students. Building a network of support for the graduate student begins with robust orientation programming..."

With Advantage Orientation^®, you can provide incoming graduate students the convenient, digital experience they expect in a system you control, all in one online orientation platform.

• Engage with prospective graduate students as adult, mature learners with interactive and video-rich content.
• Welcome new graduate students with personalized and customized information for each graduate program.
• Prepare graduate students to enroll with greater confidence.
• Provide an ongoing digital resource for current graduate students throughout their enrollment.

Advantage Design Group^® is a member of the Council of Graduate School's Sustaining Member Network

Provide onboarding experiences graduate students expect with Advantage Design Group’s Virtual Experience Solutions.

• Preferred by over 340 institutions in three countries, Advantage Orientation^® is a responsive, interactive, and video-rich virtual orientation customized to your Brand.
• Provide high-quality and cost-effective orientation video content with a subscription to Advantage OnDemand^TM.
• Innovate enrollment marketing with Advantage Recruiting^TM.

Choose from specialty orientation and training modules, including Title IX, Veterans, and International students. Creative services include UX design, video production, and content creation. Professional project management, robust analytic tools, and unlimited training and support are always included. Ask about our SIS and CRM integration solutions.

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