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System and method of using academic analytics of institutional data to improve student success

  • US 8,412,736 B1
  • Filed: 10/25/2010
  • Issued: 04/02/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for associating a student-specific categorization of risk of poor academic performance to a plurality of students in at least one academic course and informing a person of the risk categorization, the system comprising at least one computer having a processor and memory containing processor-executable instructions for:

  • collecting and storing data related to each student in computer memory, said data including a plurality of types of data including data selected from a first group including demographic data, personal data, extracurricular activity data, financial data, housing data, employment data, admission data, and registration data, and data selected from a second group including academic data, course management system data, course data, help resources data, technical log data, attendance data, tardiness data, unexcused absences data, workshop attendance data and training data;

    permitting a user of the system to select a plurality of data types including data from the first group and from the second group, and to assign custom weights to the selected plurality of data types;

    analyzing said data in a manner that takes into account the custom weight assigned to each type of data and results in a categorization of risk that a student will perform poorly academically in the at least one academic course;

    associating a risk categorization with each student; and

    informing a person of said risk categorization associated with the student through the computer.

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