A decision support system towards proactive management of academic success: the case of UCP

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Abstract

This study presents a decision support system (DSS) for the proactive management of academic success in the context of Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP), Portugal. The DSS takes advantage of descriptive and predictive business analytics techniques to extract knowledge from data that characterize the profile of students according to multiple dimensions. In particular, the system offers three main functionalities: (i) the benchmarking of information between the university’s campuses; (ii) the (descriptive) modeling of the academic success rate, including the formulation of a closed-form expression to measure success; and (iii) the (predictive) modeling of student dropouts. While the proposed DSS is designed for the reality of a single higher education institution, it could serve as a benchmark for researchers and academic staff from other higher education institutions interested in developing similar projects.
Original languageEnglish
Pages29-29
Number of pages1
Publication statusPublished - 20 Jun 2025
EventEduBEST Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis in Education and Public Services - INESC TEC, Porto, Portugal
Duration: 20 Jun 202520 Jun 2025
https://edubest.inesctec.pt/workshop/

Workshop

WorkshopEduBEST Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis in Education and Public Services
Abbreviated titleEduBEST Workshop
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityPorto
Period20/06/2520/06/25
Internet address

Keywords

  • Business Analytics
  • Academic success
  • Student dropout

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