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APM Reports: Students on the Move - Keeping uprooted kids in school

Under a Watchful Eye
Rachel Sender for APM Reports
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APM Reports
Under a Watchful Eye

Airs Sunday, September 1, 2019, at 6 p.m. A growing number of colleges are collecting and crunching vast amounts of data about students to help steer them to courses and majors they can manage, but what do students gain and lose when they’re tracked onto a narrow path to graduation? Reporter Jill Barshay of the Hechinger Report teams up with APM Reports to examine the growing use of predictive analytics to get more students across the finish line and deliver more revenue to schools, and how it’s reshaping the college experience.