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Academic Applications
Bring Industry-Standard Statistics Processing to the Heart of Your Learning Environment
Educators use IBM SPSS software for Commercial Teaching Applications to make critical decisions in a variety of administrative areas. Including institutional & operational research, enrolment & accreditation management, employee engagement, student affairs, and alumni development.
Commercial Teaching Applications in Academia
Improve Student Retention
Academics around the globe are looking to improve student retention rates while reducing costs through a process of using predictive analytics to identify students most at risk of dropping out of education. Predictive analytics technology can boost student retention rates by:
- Predicting what are the factors that are causing students to drop out
- Identifying student issues and key factors driving retention issues
- Flagging students that have a high level of certainty of dropping out
- Designing proactive intervention strategies at key stages during the student life cycle
Smarter Student Recruitment
Boost student recruitment by:
- Identifying factors impacting employability of prospective students
- Adapting your recruitment process to select those most likely to succeed beyond traditional academic criteria
- Targeting digital marketing
- Insights discovered on your students from historical data
- Profiling potential students effectively by using data on past students can drive future professional performance
Better Student Experience
Improve student engagement and the student experience by using advanced predictive analytics solutions to:
- Attract the right quality and quantity of students
- Better target messaging
- Provide a more personalised learning experience
- Identify the factors that lead to student graduation and then career development/employability opportunities
- Improve academic rankings by attracting better students
- Select students with the highest potential
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