Student Success Centers
organize a college's resources around common action to accelerate their efforts to
improve student persistence and completion. Often, the term student success center is used interchangeably with academic success center, learning commons and academic resource center.
Figure 1. Percentage of first-time, full-time degree-seeking undergraduates retained at 2- and 4-year degree-granting institutions, by institution level, control of institution, and acceptance rate: 2014 to 2015
Source: The National Center for Education Statistics (2016)
Articles:
- Student Success Centers (2013), Couturier, Lara, The Kresge Foundation
- Fact Sheet: Focusing Higher Education on Student Success, U.S. Department of Education
- Colleges Take Aim at Improving Student Success, (2015), Gearon, Christopher, U.S. News and World Report
- Student Success Center Toolkit, (2013), Couturier, Lara, The Kresge Foundation