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Wagner, Kerstin; Merceron, Agathe; Sauer, Petra; Pinkwart, Niels – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2023
In this paper, we present an extended evaluation of a course recommender system designed to support students who struggle in the first semesters of their studies and are at risk of dropping out. The system, which was developed in earlier work using a student-centered design and which is based on the explainable k-nearest neighbor algorithm,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, At Risk Students, Dropouts, Dropout Programs
Myconos, George; Clarke, Kira; te Riele, Kitty – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2016
This research investigates the oft-criticised segment of the vocational education and training (VET) sector in Australia--private, for-profit registered training organisations (RTOs)--with the aim of gaining a clearer understanding of the approaches they adopt in training 15 to 19-year-olds who have left school early. Through a nationwide survey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Proprietary Schools, Training Methods
Foat, Classie M. – 1981
A study compared the Career Intern Program (CIP) with five other alternative youth programs. (The CIP is an alternative high school designed to enable disadvantaged dropouts or potential dropouts to earn regular high school diplomas, to prepare them for meaningful employment or postsecondary education, and to facilitate their transition from…
Descriptors: Attendance, Career Education, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis