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Data Mining for Higher Education

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What Educational Institutions Are Doing and Can Do With

Data Mining Software

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Better predict each student’s Performance by taking into account More than grades

What factors lead to student success beyond grades?

Rethinking how to look at students to target to ensure their success

What factors lead to student success beyond grades? Why are some students more successful than others?

What factors lead toward graduation, and after how many years?

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Better manage marketing dollars for recruitment.

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Better understanding of factors related to struggling students, ultimately to increase

retention.

What factors lead to failure?

What factors lead to graduation?

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An understanding of support programs’

effectiveness.

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Better understanding demographic and other factors

Related to attracting quality students

Related to identifying accepted students that are unlikely to enroll

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Determine which non-need based packages attract the best students.

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What factors lead to student retention, especially at-risk

students?

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Predict which students are likely to default on their student loans.

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Comment!Which of these apply to you?