Using Predictive Analytics, Adaptive Learning to Transform Higher Education

Two years ago, the university hired 42 additional academic advisers, set up more than 700 alerts to warn advisers of risky student academic behavior, and reached out to those students within 48 hours. Through this grant, the university hopes to dispel the myth that these human resource and predictive analytics investments are a drain on resources, Renick said. While the additional advisers cost the university $1.6 million a year, they more than pay for themselves if they help increase the retention rate by just one point, which brings in $3 million in extra revenue.

by Tanya Roscorla

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