Early Prediction of Student Suspension and Dropout for Counseling Resource Optimization Using Multilayer Perceptron

The sub-replacement fertility rate in Taiwan has caused many educational institutions to face significant challenges, making student suspension and dropout critical issues for sustainable operations. Addressing these challenges requires effective prediction tools to identify at-risk students and all...

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Main Authors: Yu-Huei Cheng, Mu-Hsin Shih, Che-Nan Kuo
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Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
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description The sub-replacement fertility rate in Taiwan has caused many educational institutions to face significant challenges, making student suspension and dropout critical issues for sustainable operations. Addressing these challenges requires effective prediction tools to identify at-risk students and allow for timely intervention. This study applies a Multilayer Perceptron to predict student suspension and dropout, with the goal of assisting schools in better monitoring these situations and proactively deploying counseling resources. By enhancing the precision of resource allocation, schools can improve the effectiveness of their interventions. The dataset used in this study includes student records from Chaoyang University of Technology spanning five academic years (2017–2021). Data from the second semester of the 2021 academic year were designated for model testing, while data from the other nine semesters were used for training and validation. The proposed model achieved an accuracy of 81.70%, demonstrating its potential to provide valuable insights. Future efforts will focus on further optimizing the model and deploying it in real-world applications to serve as a critical tool for counseling resource allocation and institutional decision-making.
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spelling doaj-art-770c86cbfb3d4f5ca69975ffd27e0a852025-08-20T03:12:14ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-011311981011981910.1109/ACCESS.2025.358748411075759Early Prediction of Student Suspension and Dropout for Counseling Resource Optimization Using Multilayer PerceptronYu-Huei Cheng0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1468-6686Mu-Hsin Shih1Che-Nan Kuo2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7705-4208Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung, TaiwanDepartment of Information and Communication Engineering, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung, TaiwanDepartment of Artificial Intelligence, CTBC Financial Management College, Tainan, TaiwanThe sub-replacement fertility rate in Taiwan has caused many educational institutions to face significant challenges, making student suspension and dropout critical issues for sustainable operations. Addressing these challenges requires effective prediction tools to identify at-risk students and allow for timely intervention. This study applies a Multilayer Perceptron to predict student suspension and dropout, with the goal of assisting schools in better monitoring these situations and proactively deploying counseling resources. By enhancing the precision of resource allocation, schools can improve the effectiveness of their interventions. The dataset used in this study includes student records from Chaoyang University of Technology spanning five academic years (2017–2021). Data from the second semester of the 2021 academic year were designated for model testing, while data from the other nine semesters were used for training and validation. The proposed model achieved an accuracy of 81.70%, demonstrating its potential to provide valuable insights. Future efforts will focus on further optimizing the model and deploying it in real-world applications to serve as a critical tool for counseling resource allocation and institutional decision-making.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11075759/Counseling resource allocationmultilayer perceptron (MLP)predictive modelingstudent suspension and dropout
spellingShingle Yu-Huei Cheng
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Early Prediction of Student Suspension and Dropout for Counseling Resource Optimization Using Multilayer Perceptron
IEEE Access
Counseling resource allocation
multilayer perceptron (MLP)
predictive modeling
student suspension and dropout
title Early Prediction of Student Suspension and Dropout for Counseling Resource Optimization Using Multilayer Perceptron
title_full Early Prediction of Student Suspension and Dropout for Counseling Resource Optimization Using Multilayer Perceptron
title_fullStr Early Prediction of Student Suspension and Dropout for Counseling Resource Optimization Using Multilayer Perceptron
title_full_unstemmed Early Prediction of Student Suspension and Dropout for Counseling Resource Optimization Using Multilayer Perceptron
title_short Early Prediction of Student Suspension and Dropout for Counseling Resource Optimization Using Multilayer Perceptron
title_sort early prediction of student suspension and dropout for counseling resource optimization using multilayer perceptron
topic Counseling resource allocation
multilayer perceptron (MLP)
predictive modeling
student suspension and dropout
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11075759/
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