Navigating student success: learning from the higher education landscape
- Resource Type
- JOURNAL
- Authors
- Deeken, Lynn; Press, Meggan; Thorpe Pusnik, Angie; Birkenhauer, Laura; Floyd, Nate; Miller, Lindsay; Revelle, Andrew; Spraetz, Jaclyn; Riehman-Murphy, Christina; Flynn, Christie; Gerrity, Caitlin; Graves, Stephanie J.; LeMire, Sarah; Pemberton, Anne; Yeager, Vonzell DeRico; Bednar, Magen
- Source
- Reference Services Review, 2019, Vol. 47, Issue 3, pp. 207-223.
- Subject
- e-viewpoint
Viewpoint
cat-LISC
Library & information science
cat-IBRT
Information behaviour & retrieval
cat-ILIT
Information literacy
cat-LISE
Library & information services
cat-RSIL
Reference services/information literacy
cat-LIBI
Library instruction
cat-RSV
Researcher services
Strategic planning
Higher education
Academic libraries
Student success
Educational achievement
Student persistence
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0090-7324
Purpose This paper aims to demonstrate the variety of ways institutions and their libraries approach student success both conceptionally and operationally. Design/methodology/approach Librarians from nine different institutions of higher education were given a series of questions about student success on their campuses and in their libraries. They responded with written essays describing their experiences and perspectives. Findings The contributed pieces are collected together and display a shared interest in defining “student success,” aligning strategic planning with student success initiatives and establishing (and assessing) strong infrastructure to support student success. Originality/value These examples help us observe what is happening throughout higher education and see potential paths forward at our own institutions engaged in this work.