Complete the Doctorate.
Don't Just Start It.
ScholarPath monitors doctoral progress across the Symbiotic Scholar Suite, catches attrition risk before it compounds, and delivers precise next steps to students and advisors in real time.
IES SBIR Phase IB Pilot — Free for qualifying institutions
How ScholarPath Works
Three steps. Zero extra effort from students.
Step 1
We watch how you work
As you use Symbiotic Scholar tools — writing your proposal, filing your IRB, running your analysis — ScholarPath logs each session silently in the background. No surveys, no check-ins.
Step 2
We score your progress weekly
Every week, six behavioral signals are weighted into a single risk score: idle time, session frequency, stage velocity vs. your cohort, tool breadth, AI iteration depth, and transition rate.
Step 3
We tell you what to do next
If your score trends toward risk, ScholarPath surfaces a targeted recommendation — which specific barrier is slowing you down, and which tool will help you move past it today.
“The problem isn't that students lack ambition. It's that no one is watching the right signals early enough.”
Morello & Chick, HAIST© Framework, 2025
Built for Every Stakeholder
One platform, three perspectives on the same mission.
For Students
See your dissertation stage timeline, your weekly risk score with color-coded status, and a personalized recommendation — all in one view.
- Stage progress (6 stages)
- Risk badge (On Track to Critical)
- Personalized nudge
- 12-week engagement history
For Advisors
Monitor your entire cohort at a glance. See who's stalling, at what stage, and for how long — before they disappear.
- Cohort risk table
- Sortable by score or idle days
- Stage bottleneck heatmap
- Risk summary chips
For Program Directors
Track completion velocity, cohort risk distribution over time, and stage bottlenecks across your entire doctoral program.
- Aggregate KPI cards
- Risk trend chart
- Multi-advisor cohort view
- Export-ready insights
Built on the Symbiotic Scholar Suite
ScholarPath is an intelligence layer. It works because your students are already using these tools.
Dr. Dissertation
AI-powered dissertation feedback and milestone review
IRBWiz
Automated IRB protocol generation and compliance guidance
QualAI
AI-moderated qualitative research interviews
QuantAI
Guided statistical analysis and results interpretation
PeerReview PRO
Structured manuscript peer review and feedback loops
ScholarlyFit
Doctoral advisor matching and relationship scaffolding
Built on Doctoral Attrition Research
The risk model is grounded in two decades of doctoral completion literature. The six input features — idle time, engagement frequency, cohort velocity comparison, tool breadth, iteration depth, and stage transition rate — map directly to the behavioral predictors identified in peer-reviewed research.
Ready to stop doctoral attrition before it starts?
ScholarPath is free during the IES SBIR Phase IB pilot. Institutions participating in the 8-week pilot receive full advisor and program director access.