When Netflix suggests movies based on how much previous renters liked them, all that's at stake is a night's entertainment. Now a handful of colleges have begun using similar recommendation systems to help students pick their courses—a step that could change GPA's and career paths.
Tristan Denley, of Austin Peay State U., hopes his course-picking software will "open students' eyes to courses that they were dimly aware of.
Last week, under graduates at Austin Peay State Uni versity were invited to visit its new online recommendation system before meeting with their academic advisers. When suggesting a course, the automated system considers each student's planned major, past academic performance, and data on how similar students fared in that class. It crunches this information to arrive at a recommendation. An early test of the system found that it could lead to higher grades and fewer dropouts, officials say.
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