The press release also quoted a UA assistant provost for institutional research who explained that while the swipes of student ID cards were not used in the current student retention analytics, about 800 other data points were
The research in questions was not currently being used by the institution to improve rention, but other student data was already being used for that purpose
The researcher noted that the data she had used had been anonymized before she was given access to it—however, she added that if/when her research might inform the ongoing efforts to improve student retention, the student’s personal details would be “shared” with the students' academic advisers.
The data was anonymized before she was given access, but she admitted that there might be interest in sharing students' personal details with academic advisors
She then used that data to create large networks mapping which students interacted with one another and how often.
The researcher sought to track the personal interactions of students with one another
On the university’s website, a press release
The university share the finding of the research after the fact
At the University of Arizona, for example, a researcher analyzed the swipes of student ID cards at locations across campus, “to see what they reveal about students' routines and relationships, and what that means for their likelihood of returning to campus after their freshman year.”
Fact. Student ID Cards Collect Data Fact. A researcher was given access to this data for her own purposes.
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