Explanatory Factors of University Dropout Explored Through Artificial Intelligence

This paper identifies key research on the factors that help to explain university dropout and how these factors are being explored by means of artificial intelligence (AI). The study describes the methodology employed to select 31 papers from a repository of 2,745 reported in the literature. The ana...

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Authors: Parra-Sánchez, Juan Sebastián, Torres Pardo, Ingrid Durley, Martínez De Merino, Carmen Ysabel
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2023
Country:México
Institution:UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA
Repository:Revista Electrónica de Investigacion Educativa
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.redie.uabc.mx:article/4455
Online Access:https://redie.uabc.mx/redie/article/view/4455
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:deserción escolar
tasa de deserción escolar
estudiante universitario
inteligencia artificial
dropping out
dropout rate
college students
artificial intelligence
evasão escolar
taxa de evasão
estudante universitário
inteligência artificial
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Summary:This paper identifies key research on the factors that help to explain university dropout and how these factors are being explored by means of artificial intelligence (AI). The study describes the methodology employed to select 31 papers from a repository of 2,745 reported in the literature. The analysis centered on the main AI methods used and four categories of explanatory factors of university dropout: academic factors; factors associated with motivation and study habits; institutional factors; and economic and sociodemographic factors. The conclusion drawn from this literature review is that AI is most commonly used for decision tree-based classification, and most studies focus on predicting university dropout on the basis of explanatory factors.