Predictive modeling for student retention at St. Cloud state university

H Dissanayake, D Robinson… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - search.proquest.com
Student graduation rates have always taken prominence in academic studies since they are
considered a major factor in the performance of any university. Accurate models for …

[PDF][PDF] Towards freshman retention prediction: a comparative study

A Djulovic, D Li - International Journal of Information and Education …, 2013 - ijiet.org
The objective of this research is to employ data mining tools and techniques on student
enrollment data to predict student retention among freshman student populations. In …

Machine learning algorithms and predictive models for undergraduate student retention at an HBCU

JW Jia - 2013 - search.proquest.com
In this dissertation, I have presented algorithms, which are applied to monitor undergraduate
student retention using student data. The study has also made some improvements to the …

Mining Education data to predict student's retention: a comparative study

SK Yadav, B Bharadwaj, S Pal - arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.2987, 2012 - arxiv.org
The main objective of higher education is to provide quality education to students. One way
to achieve highest level of quality in higher education system is by discovering knowledge …

Predicting student attrition with data mining methods

D Delen - Journal of College Student Retention: Research …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Affecting university rankings, school reputation, and financial well-being, student retention
has become one of the most important measures of success for higher education institutions …

[PDF][PDF] Data mining for student retention management

SH Lin - Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 2012 - researchgate.net
We conduct a data mining project to generate predictive models for student retention
management on campus. Given new records of incoming students, these predictive models …

Data mining and machine learning retention models in higher education

T Cardona, EA Cudney, R Hoerl… - Journal of College …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This study presents a systematic review of the literature on the predicting student retention in
higher education through machine learning algorithms based on measures such as dropout …

[PDF][PDF] A comparison of empirical models for predicting student retention

M Bogard, T Helbig, G Huff, C James - White paper. Office of Institutional …, 2011 - wku.edu
Literature indicates that data mining or algorithmic approaches to prediction can provide
superior results vis-à-vis traditional statistical modeling approaches (Delen et al, 2004; …

A comparative analysis of machine learning techniques for student retention management

D Delen - Decision Support Systems, 2010 - Elsevier
Student retention is an essential part of many enrollment management systems. It affects
university rankings, school reputation, and financial wellbeing. Student retention has …

A machine learning approach to predict first-year student retention rates at University of Nevada, Las Vegas

A Rajuladevi - 2018 - search.proquest.com
First-year student retention rates for a four-year institution refers to the percentage of First-
time Full-time students from the previous fall who return to the same institution for the …