Navigating student success: learning from the higher education landscape
ISSN: 0090-7324
Article publication date: 2 September 2019
Issue publication date: 20 November 2019
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Citation
Deeken, L., Press, M., Thorpe Pusnik, A., Birkenhauer, L., Floyd, N., Miller, L., Revelle, A., Spraetz, J., Riehman-Murphy, C., Flynn, C., Gerrity, C., Graves, S.J., LeMire, S., Pemberton, A., Yeager, V.D. and Bednar, M. (2019), "Navigating student success: learning from the higher education landscape", Reference Services Review, Vol. 47 No. 3, pp. 207-223. https://doi.org/10.1108/RSR-05-2019-0035
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2019, Lynn Deeken, Meggan Press, Angie Thorpe Pusnik, Laura Birkenhauer, Nate Floyd, Lindsay Miller, Andrew Revelle, Jaclyn Spraetz, Christina Riehman-Murphy, Christie Flynn, Caitlin Gerrity, Stephanie J. Graves, Sarah LeMire, Anne Pemberton, Vonzell DeRico Yeager and Magen Bednar.