Campus Technology: An 'Ensemble Model' for Student Analytics: Driving Academic Success in the Community College

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10/2/2013

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An 'Ensemble Model' for Student Analytics: Driving Academic Success in the Community College
"There's been a sea change in community colleges, from a sole emphasis on providing an access to education for all, to placing a much greater, additional emphasis on the students you have already admitted," according to South Orange County Community College District Vice Chancellor Bob Bramucci. In this interview, he tells Campus Technology's Mary Grush how SOCCCD is expanding its toolchest for student success, why that's more crucial now than ever, and what the institution is doing to help other colleges do the same.
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