Progressive and developmental pathways for student retention and academic success: Lessons from one-on-one student academic advising

Data mining combines machine learning, statistical and visualization techniques to discover and extract knowledge. Student retention is an indicator of academic performance and enrolment management of the university. Poor student retention could reflect badly on the university. Universities are facing the immense and quick growth of the volume of educational data stored in different types of databases and system logs. Moreover, the academic success of students is another major issue for the management in all professional institutes. So the early prediction to improve the student performance through counseling and extra coaching will help the management to take timely action for decrease the percentage of poor performance by the students. Data mining can be used to find relationships and patterns that exist but are hidden among the vast amount of educational data. This survey conducts a literature survey to identify data mining technologies to monitor student, analyze student academic behavior and provide a basis for efficient intervention strategies. The results can be used to develop a decision support system and help the authorities to timely actions on weak students.

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Effectiveness of Online Advising on Honors Student Retention and Engagement

Student Engagement and Participation ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-2584-4.ch072 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 1460-1479

Author(s):

Monica VanDieren

Keyword(s):

Student Retention ◽

Academic Advising ◽

Honors Students ◽

Accurate Information ◽

Web Page ◽

Audit System ◽

Repetitive Tasks ◽

Information Time ◽

University Degree

Academic advising is an important component of a student's education, and more often universities are turning to technology to aid in this task. This paper presents a case study of an online advising system that complements a university degree audit system by providing honors students and advisors up-to-date details on individual progress towards completing the honors curriculum and on the level of engagement in the honors co-curricular programming. By leveraging the features of Google Apps for Education, this advising system allows faculty and students to securely and easily access accurate information during schedule planning, and frees up honors staff from repetitive tasks allowing them to dedicate more time to helping students plan their educational journey. Effectiveness of this new system is measured by accuracy of information, time spent by the administration in maintaining the system, student retention and completion of the honors curriculum, and student engagement in honors co-curricular programming. The Google Script described in this paper can be adapted for mail-merge and automatic web page generation in several educational settings beyond academic advising.

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Academic Advising and Student Persistence

Accelerated Opportunity Education Models and Practices - Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-0528-0.ch003 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 51-73

Author(s):

Cherié Kay Thriffiley LaRocca

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Adverse Reaction ◽

Student Success ◽

Student Retention ◽

Academic Advising ◽

Student Persistence ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Mentoring Relationship ◽

Undergraduate Experience

Academic advising is at the forefront of conversations in higher education (Drake, 2011). The mentoring relationship that occurs between students and advisors can be beneficial for both students and institutions, yet academic advising programs may not offer a quality mentoring relationship able to impact student success. When properly constructed, quality academic advising can have a positive impact on a student's undergraduate experience, as well as directly connecting to student persistence. If not constructed properly, the adverse reaction on student success may occur, and particularly can negatively impact student retention. The following chapter will explore quality academic advising, the means by which quality academic advising can be provided, the connection of quality academic advising to student persistence and methods to assess the academic advising process.

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Academic Advising to Facilitate Student Retention

NACADA Journal ◽

10.12930/0271-9517-2.2.59 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 59-69

Author(s):

E. DANIEL KAPRAUN ◽

DORIS W. COLDREN

Keyword(s):

Student Retention ◽

Academic Advising

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Retaining students by embedding librarians into undergraduate research experiences

Reference Services Review ◽

10.1108/rsr-02-2013-0012 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 42 (1) ◽

pp. 129-147 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Jeffrey A. Knapp ◽

Nicholas J. Rowland ◽

Eric P. Charles

Keyword(s):

Academic Success ◽

Student Retention ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Scientific Literacy ◽

Undergraduate Research ◽

Research Experiences ◽

Content Type ◽

College Curriculum ◽

Institutional Goals ◽

Undergraduate Research Experiences

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify an important area for librarians to positively impact student retention. Design/methodology/approach – This programmatic and conceptual piece describes how embedding librarians into the growing enterprise of undergraduate research experiences (UREs) lays a framework for a context in which libraries and librarians directly contribute to the retention of undergraduate students. Findings – Librarians are capable of directly contributing to the retention of students. While their efforts, it is contended, contribute routinely and to the actual retention of students, it is difficult for their efforts to register in the assessment of retention used by administrators. This discrepancy can be solved if librarians play a more explicit (and quantifiable) role in retaining students. Research limitations/implications – UREs are a growing, but generally untapped trend for librarians; however, because UREs generally correlate with academic success and student retention, they offer librarians a useful entry point to contribute to the academic mission of colleges and universities, and in a measurable way. Practical implications – Embedded librarianship poses a number of hurdles for its practitioners; however, it also has the potential for libraries and librarians to become more explicitly connected to overall institutional goals and strengthen their positions in the academy more broadly. Social implications – Improving the scientific literacy of undergraduate students and aiding them on their path toward graduation is meaningfully enhanced through the embedding of librarians into the college curriculum. Originality/value – Systematically embedding librarians into UREs is not strongly represented in the literature.

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Understanding Student Swirl: The Role of Environmental Factors and Retention Efforts in the Later Academic Success of Suspended Students

Journal of College Student Retention Research Theory & Practice ◽

10.2190/cs.11.2.c ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 211-226 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Yan Wang ◽

Tom Pilarzyk

Keyword(s):

Community College ◽

Academic Success ◽

Environmental Factors ◽

Student Retention ◽

Family Obligations ◽

Student Background ◽

Performance Factors ◽

Life Challenges ◽

Retention Initiatives

“Student swirl,” or the inconsistent flow in and out of college coursework from term-to-term, institution-to-institution, reflects the non-traditional nature of many community college students. Swirl can be triggered by such stressors as: balancing work, school, and family obligations; financial challenges; and health problems. In turn, it influences irregular enrollment and lack of academic success. Swirl also occurs intra-institutionally, affected by college re-entry policies once students are suspended for academic reasons. Three initiatives serve as pathways back into college for suspended students at one Midwestern institution. This study explores their effects on success, as well as the role of life challenges, academic-related skills, and student background and commitment to succeed. While retention initiatives affect later performance, factors contributing to intra-institutional swirl playa stronger role. Implications for both student retention and institutional effectiveness are discussed.

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