How does learning analytics contribute to prevent students' dropout in higher education: a systematic literature review

CF de Oliveira, SR Sobral, MJ Ferreira… - Big Data and Cognitive …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Retention and dropout of higher education students is a subject that must be analysed
carefully. Learning analytics can be used to help prevent failure cases. The purpose of this …

Engineering instructional development: Programs, best practices, and recommendations

RM Felder, R Brent, MJ Prince - Journal of Engineering …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Background Economic globalization, rapid advances in technology and cognitive science,
and a worldwide movement toward outcomes‐based program accreditation increasingly …

Defining attributes and metrics of effective research mentoring relationships

C Pfund, A Byars-Winston, J Branchaw, S Hurtado… - AIDS and Behavior, 2016 - Springer
Despite evidence of mentoring's importance in training researchers, studies to date have not
yet determined which mentoring relationships have the most impact and what specific …

[HTML][HTML] Uplift Modeling for preventing student dropout in higher education

D Olaya, J Vásquez, S Maldonado, J Miranda… - Decision support …, 2020 - Elsevier
Uplift modeling is an approach for estimating the incremental effect of an action or treatment
at the individual level. It has gained attention in the marketing and analytics communities …

Training mentors of clinical and translational research scholars: a randomized controlled trial

C Pfund, SC House, P Asquith, MF Fleming… - Academic …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Method The authors conducted a randomized controlled trial (RCT) at 16 academic health
centers (June 2010 to July 2011). Faculty mentors of trainees who were conducting …

A new approach to mentoring for research careers: the National Research Mentoring Network

CA Sorkness, C Pfund, EO Ofili, KS Okuyemi… - BMC proceedings, 2017 - Springer
Background and purpose Effective mentorship is critical to the success of early stage
investigators, and has been linked to enhanced mentee productivity, self-efficacy, and …

Supporting historically underrepresented groups in STEM higher education: The promise of structured mentoring networks

RS Markle, TM Williams, KS Williams… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Although institutions of higher education have placed a large emphasis on increasing the
number of underrepresented minority (URM) students matriculating in higher education, the …

University student retention: Best time and data to identify undergraduate students at risk of dropout

JM Ortiz-Lozano, A Rua-Vieites… - … in education and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Student dropout is a major concern in studies investigating higher education retention
strategies. However, studies investigating the optimal time to identify students who are at risk …

Developing and sustaining effective faculty mentoring programs

J Fountain, KE Newcomer - Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
How do faculty and universities benefit from mentoring, and what sorts of mentoring
programs and policies are most effective? This article reviews existing research on …

Mutual mentoring for early-career and underrepresented faculty: Model, research, and practice

JH Yun, B Baldi, MD Sorcinelli - Innovative Higher Education, 2016 - Springer
Abstract In the beginning,“Mutual Mentoring” was little more than an idea, a hopeful vision of
the future in which a new model of mentoring could serve as a medium to better support …