While many schools use grades to determine how to decrease dropout rates, one professor believes that when those grades are released, it’s too late. Sudha Ram, a management information systems professor at the University of Arizona, found another way to predict whether a student is likely to drop out: a student ID card. Ram asked the university to anonymize University of Arizona’s student ID cards so that the school could examine where freshman students check in. There are about 700 locations on campus that use the ID cards, including the library, barber shops, the student union, diners and movie theaters. “I know that “A” student checked in at “A” location at a certain time and I can get this list of check-ins,” Ram said.

Source: Fox News May 23, 2018 22:10 UTC