Learning patterns of university student retention

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 14984-14996

  Nandeshwar, Ashutosh ^a   Menzies, Tim ^b   Nelson, Adam ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data mining; Financial aid; Predictive modeling; Student retention

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING;

FINANCIAL AIDS; LEARNING METHODS; LEARNING PATTERNS; PREDICTIVE MODELING; STATE OF THE ART; STUDENT RETENTION; UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 80052025966     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2011.05.048     Document Type: Article

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