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Denisa Gándara; Hadis Anahideh; Matthew P. Ison; Lorenzo Picchiarini – AERA Open, 2024
Colleges and universities are increasingly turning to algorithms that predict college-student success to inform various decisions, including those related to admissions, budgeting, and student-success interventions. Because predictive algorithms rely on historical data, they capture societal injustices, including racism. In this study, we examine…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Social Bias, Minority Groups, Equal Education
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Denisa Gándara; Hadis Anahideh; Matthew P. Ison; Lorenzo Picchiarini – Grantee Submission, 2024
Colleges and universities are increasingly turning to algorithms that predict college-student success to inform various decisions, including those related to admissions, budgeting, and student-success interventions. Because predictive algorithms rely on historical data, they capture societal injustices, including racism. In this study, we examine…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Social Bias, Minority Groups, Equal Education
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Kerstin Wagner; Agathe Merceron; Petra Sauer; Niels Pinkwart – Journal of Educational Data Mining, 2024
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, is based on the explainable k-nearest neighbor algorithm and recommends a…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Algorithms, Foreign Countries, Course Selection (Students)