Sandra Matz

Are they talking to other students? Are they part of groups? Are they sending messages? Are they receiving messages? So we looked at all of these data traces. And again, once you combine all of them, you actually have a relatively decent sense of whether someone might be struggling and whether they might drop out at the end of the semester.

Yeah, and for me, what I love most about this is essentially it creates a path to help students. And at the very bare minimum, what it allows administrators to do is identify at risk students, right? So if you see that there's some students who have a higher likelihood of dropping out, maybe you allocate more resources to helping them.

Yeah, and for me, what I love most about this is essentially it creates a path to help students. And at the very bare minimum, what it allows administrators to do is identify at risk students, right? So if you see that there's some students who have a higher likelihood of dropping out, maybe you allocate more resources to helping them.

Yeah, and for me, what I love most about this is essentially it creates a path to help students. And at the very bare minimum, what it allows administrators to do is identify at risk students, right? So if you see that there's some students who have a higher likelihood of dropping out, maybe you allocate more resources to helping them.

Now, for me, the even more interesting part is that we also get a sense of what is predicting dropout for each individual student. So it could be that I, for example, when I started university as a first-generation student, my problem was that I simply didn't know where all of the information was sitting. I didn't know how to get the literature. I didn't know where to search for information.

Now, for me, the even more interesting part is that we also get a sense of what is predicting dropout for each individual student. So it could be that I, for example, when I started university as a first-generation student, my problem was that I simply didn't know where all of the information was sitting. I didn't know how to get the literature. I didn't know where to search for information.

Now, for me, the even more interesting part is that we also get a sense of what is predicting dropout for each individual student. So it could be that I, for example, when I started university as a first-generation student, my problem was that I simply didn't know where all of the information was sitting. I didn't know how to get the literature. I didn't know where to search for information.

And so for me, if that was the prediction that the algorithm had made, administrators could have gone in and said, here's the information that you need. You can pop it up on my app. You can send it in my email. Just make sure that I see what I need to see. Now, there could be other people who know exactly. I know that most of my friends, when I started, knew exactly what they were looking for.

And so for me, if that was the prediction that the algorithm had made, administrators could have gone in and said, here's the information that you need. You can pop it up on my app. You can send it in my email. Just make sure that I see what I need to see. Now, there could be other people who know exactly. I know that most of my friends, when I started, knew exactly what they were looking for.

And so for me, if that was the prediction that the algorithm had made, administrators could have gone in and said, here's the information that you need. You can pop it up on my app. You can send it in my email. Just make sure that I see what I need to see. Now, there could be other people who know exactly. I know that most of my friends, when I started, knew exactly what they were looking for.

But some of them probably had a harder time integrating with the community and finding the friends and making these connections. So for those people, if we see that that's what's happening based on the algorithm, it's a totally different intervention. So then we're trying to see if we can get you involved in events more. Is there a way to ask other people to connect?

But some of them probably had a harder time integrating with the community and finding the friends and making these connections. So for those people, if we see that that's what's happening based on the algorithm, it's a totally different intervention. So then we're trying to see if we can get you involved in events more. Is there a way to ask other people to connect?

But some of them probably had a harder time integrating with the community and finding the friends and making these connections. So for those people, if we see that that's what's happening based on the algorithm, it's a totally different intervention. So then we're trying to see if we can get you involved in events more. Is there a way to ask other people to connect?

So the moment that you understand why someone is predicted to be a dropout, you can also adjust the approaches that you use to help them.

So the moment that you understand why someone is predicted to be a dropout, you can also adjust the approaches that you use to help them.

So the moment that you understand why someone is predicted to be a dropout, you can also adjust the approaches that you use to help them.

Exactly. It's the same as targeted advertising, right? So we kind of try and figure out what each person needs at a given point in time. Same for student dropout.

Exactly. It's the same as targeted advertising, right? So we kind of try and figure out what each person needs at a given point in time. Same for student dropout.

Exactly. It's the same as targeted advertising, right? So we kind of try and figure out what each person needs at a given point in time. Same for student dropout.

Yeah, so there's really two things that the data has to offer. And I think of it as tracking and treating. So on some level, just all of the data that we generate says a lot about our physical activity, our physical health, but also about our mental health, right? Again, we talked about GPS records that say something about whether you might be suffering from depression.