October 29, 2007

Purdue Uses Data to Identify and Help Struggling Students

By Josh Fischman

Seattle

"We are in an era of accountability," John P. Campbell told an attentive audience of college officials during a session last week here at the Educause academic-technology conference. "As long as tuition keeps going up, people are going to want more value for their money."

Mr. Campbell, associate vice president for teaching and learning technologies at Purdue University, said he has found a way to provide that value: Keep students from failing a class. Sometimes he can do that, he

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