Forecasting outbound student mobility: A machine learning approach.

Journal: PloS one
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: A country's ability to become a prominent knowledge economy is tied closely to its ability to acquire skilled people who can compete internationally while resolving challenges of the future. To equip students with competence that can only by gained by being immersed in a foreign environment, outbound mobility is vital.

Authors

  • Stephanie Yang
    Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • Hsueh-Chih Chen
    Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • Wen-Ching Chen
    Electronic Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • Cheng-Hong Yang
    Department of Electronic Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. chyang@cc.kuas.edu.tw.