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Denley, Tristan – Research & Practice in Assessment, 2014
This article explores the challenges that students face in navigating the curricular structure of post-secondary degree programs, and how predictive analytics and choice architecture can play a role. It examines Degree Compass, a course recommendation system that successfully pairs current students with the courses that best fit their talents and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Low Income Groups, Minority Group Students, Data Collection
Whitten, Leah; Sanders, Anthony – Educational Technology, 2013
While engaged in academic reading, a university provost converged on an idea to use a preferential approach to students' selection of college courses, similar to the recommendation systems used by "Netflix" and "Amazon." The result of this idea came to be known as "Degree Compass" and was implemented on the campus of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Collection, Course Selection (Students), Student Attitudes