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Inside the Black Box: Detecting and Mitigating Algorithmic Bias across Racialized Groups in College Student-Success Prediction
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Denisa Gándara; Hadis Anahideh; Matthew P. Ison; Lorenzo Picchiarini – AERA Open, 2024
Colleges and universities are increasingly turning to algorithms that predict college-student success to inform various decisions, including those related to admissions, budgeting, and student-success interventions. Because predictive algorithms rely on historical data, they capture societal injustices, including racism. In this study, we examine…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Social Bias, Minority Groups, Equal Education
Inside the Black Box: Detecting and Mitigating Algorithmic Bias across Racialized Groups in College Student-Success Prediction
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Denisa Gándara; Hadis Anahideh; Matthew P. Ison; Lorenzo Picchiarini – Grantee Submission, 2024
Colleges and universities are increasingly turning to algorithms that predict college-student success to inform various decisions, including those related to admissions, budgeting, and student-success interventions. Because predictive algorithms rely on historical data, they capture societal injustices, including racism. In this study, we examine…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Social Bias, Minority Groups, Equal Education
Advancing a Framework of Racialized Administrative Burdens in Higher Education Policy
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Denisa Gándara; Rosa Maria Acevedo; Diana Cervantes; Marco Antonio Quiroz – Journal of Higher Education, 2024
Many policies in higher education are intended to improve college access and degree completion, yet often those policies fall short of their aims by making it difficult for prospective or current college students to access benefits for which they are eligible. Barriers that inhibit access to policy benefits, such as cumbersome paperwork, can weigh…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Equal Education, Minority Group Students, Racial Factors
"All Students Matter": The Place of Race in Discourse on Student Debt in a Federal Higher Education Policymaking Process
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Eric R. Felix; Denisa Gándara; Sosanya Jones – Teachers College Record, 2024
Background: Nearly two decades have passed since the last successful reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Since then, student loan debt and the accumulation patterns based on race have become a pressing issue to address in U.S. society. Purpose: Student debt is one of the key issues on the federal higher education policy agenda. The…
Descriptors: Race, Debt (Financial), Educational Policy, Higher Education