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Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost

The Hechinger Report

ATLANTA — When Keenan Robinson started college in 2017, he knew the career he wanted. For an absurd example, if dropouts tended to take classes on Thursdays in their first semester at college, but students who completed their degrees didn’t, then you might worry about current students who are currently taking classes on Thursdays.

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