How can technology improve the college admissions process? For David Hurwitt, CEO & Founder at Troove, this meant leveraging artificial intelligence to help people find their passion, people, and place. David Hurwitt founded Troove, an AI powered platform that helps students discover their best college fit based on the experiences of recent alumni and current higher education students. Troove uses technology to connect students with the schools where they’re most likely to be happy and successful.

In this episode, David Hurwitt discusses how he was motivated to found Troove after experiencing the college search process with his children and recognizing the need for technological innovation. David built upon his expertise in the college admissions process to create the Troove platform, which begins with a simple premise: alumni are the largest part of a school community and are the model for success in the culture, so it would be beneficial to use data about alumni as a predictor of who should enroll at each school.

David Hurwitt shares his definition of artificial intelligence and observes that social data is nowhere to be found in today’s enrollment process, but it's well more than half of the college experience. Can academic and social culture be digitalized so that it can be used as a filter in the search and enrollment process? Troove focuses on academic and social culture and provides a Learning Culture fit and a Social Culture fit score for each school. In conclusion, David shares advice for someone interested in the college admission process and his thoughts on what students should focus on when considering where to go to college and how AI could impact the future of EdTech and academic success.

About Our Guest

David Hurwitt, CEO and Founder of Troove, believes the best way to meaningfully improve college graduation rates is by using technology to improve how students and colleges match with each other in Admissions. He and his team are using predictive AI to do this, helping students discover their perfect college matches based on real experiences of recent alumni and current students. David has spent his career developing new products and services that have generated over a billion dollars in revenue across a range of different industries. David has three grown children and came up with the idea for Troove after going through the college admissions process with them.