Microeconometric Approaches in Exploring the Relationships Between Early Alert Systems and Student Retention: A Case Study of a Regionally Based University in Australia

被引：2

作者：

Harrison, Scott ^{[1
,2
]}

Villano, Renato ^{[2
]}

Lynch, Grace ^{[2
]}

Chen, George ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Leibniz Inst Res & Informat Educ, DIPF, Rostocker Str 6, D-60323 Frankfurt, Germany

[2] Univ New England, Business Sch, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia

来源：

JOURNAL OF LEARNING ANALYTICS | 2021年 / 8卷 / 03期

关键词：

Student retention; logistic regression; survival analysis; treatment effects; learning analytics; early alert systems; BEHAVIOR; ATTRITION; DROPOUT; MODEL;

D O I：

10.18608/jla.2021.7087

中图分类号：

G40 [教育学];

学科分类号：

040101 ; 120403 ;

摘要：

Early alert systems (EAS) are an important technological tool to help manage and improve student retention. Data spanning 16,091 students over 156 weeks was collected from a regionally based university in Australia to explore various microeconometric approaches that establish links between EAS and student retention outcomes. Controlling for numerous confounding variables, significant relationships between the EAS and student retention were identified. Capturing dynamic relationships between the explanatory variables and the hazard of discontinuing provides new insight into understanding student retention factors. We concluded that survival models are the best methods of understanding student retention when temporal data is available.

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页数：20