System and Method for Determining Risk of Student Attrition
AssigneeJenzabar, Inc.
InventorsRobert Stober, Elias Sardonis, Melanie Strodtman
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Abstract
A retention management system identifies, analyzes, and evaluates student information collected by the enterprise resource planning systems and learning management systems. The retention management system applies an model to collected information and locates students that are struggling before they are lost to attrition. The retention management system also provides tools to allow personnel at the academic institution to communicate with students, implement plans to correct current problems with student, and to predict and prevent future problems.
Claims15
A method of assessing a probability of student attrition, the method comprising:
- accessing student information from the enterprise resource planning system;
- accessing student information from a learning management system;
- mining the student information to search for retention factors that are used in calculating a probability of retention to create a retention model;
- applying the retention model to the student information to calculate a probability of retention for the students based on the algorithm;
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- displaying the results to users.
A system of assessing a probability of student attrition for an academic institution, the system comprising:
- a retention management system that accesses student information from the enterprise resource planning system and a learning management system and mines the student information to search for retention factors that are used in calculating a probability of retention to create a retention model and applies the retention model to the student information to calculate a probability of retention for the students based on the algorithm;
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- a user interface that displays the results on users.
A method of predicting likelihood of attrition based on risk factors, the method comprising:
- assigning retention factors in a retention management system;
- dividing the retention factors into multiple ranges, wherein each of the ranges are assigned a weighted value;
- accessing student information from the enterprise resource planning system, wherein the accessed information includes numerical values of the retention factors;
- calculating a total score for each student by summing the numerical values scores based on which range the student information is located;
- determining a probability of attrition based on the total score for each student;
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- displaying the probability of attrition to users.
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