Predicting the Probability of Student Dropout through EMIR Using Data from Current and Graduate Students

In 2016, an office for institutional research (IR) promotion was constructed at Kobe Tokiwa University. The purpose of this office is to propose, manage, arrange, and collect information on students at the university not only as a general management strategy, but also to provide enrollment management. Work at the IR promotion office officially began 2016, at which point we began to perform university data management and collection duties. A promotion unit for IR was also newly established in 2017. In contrast to IR promotion practices in which the department is run solely by an administrative staff, the IR promotion unit at Kobe Tokiwa University is a collaborative group consisting of both staff and faculty. In this unit, we carried out an analysis focusing on the "student dropout " by using data from both current, graduate, and dropout students.