Open academic analytics initiative: initial research findings

Abstract

This paper describes the results on research work performed by the Open Academic Analytics Initiative, an on-going research project aimed at developing an early detection system of college students at academic risk, using data mining models trained using student personal and demographic data, as well as course management data. We report initial findings on the predictive performance of those models, their portability across pilot programs in different institutions and the results of interventions applied on those pilots.