Student Services and Student Success
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Introduction ………………………….……………….. 2
II. A Successful Student …………………………..…… 2
III. Student Services ……………………………………. 4
IV. Student Services and Student Success …………… 7
V. Relevance of the review of Related Literature …… 10
VI. References …………………………………………… 11
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION
The literature review tackles on the research problem: “School Services: Its Role in and Contribution to College Student Success”. It includes researches done on school services and student success. The organization of this review is on the order of answering the research questions.
A SUCCESSFUL STUDENT
The first research question is: What are the indicators of college student success? The review will look into (a) the definition of student success, and (2) how schools particularly in higher educational institutions measure student success. What does it take to be successful? As what students would always ask as soon as they enter college life. But how do we describe a successful student? According to Zepke, Leach, and Butler (2011) student success is “variously understood as engagement, persistence, completion, graduation and entry to employment” (p.227). But not merely limited to achieving high scores in an exam but to put in a deeper sense, success covers a wider aspect in a student’s life. In the article, The Thriving Quotient by Shreiner (2010) common notion equates student success with academic performance and persistence to graduation. She further emphasizes that for those “who have worked extensively with students know that there is more to a successful college experience than grades and graduation” (p.3). There is an empirical factor that drives students to succeed. There is the existence of a thriving quotient, where thriving is “describing the experiences of college students who are fully engaged intellectually, socially, and emotionally” (p.4). These thriving students will have a deeper
I. Introduction ………………………….……………….. 2
II. A Successful Student …………………………..…… 2
III. Student Services ……………………………………. 4
IV. Student Services and Student Success …………… 7
V. Relevance of the review of Related Literature …… 10
VI. References …………………………………………… 11
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION
The literature review tackles on the research problem: “School Services: Its Role in and Contribution to College Student Success”. It includes researches done on school services and student success. The organization of this review is on the order of answering the research questions.
A SUCCESSFUL STUDENT
The first research question is: What are the indicators of college student success? The review will look into (a) the definition of student success, and (2) how schools particularly in higher educational institutions measure student success. What does it take to be successful? As what students would always ask as soon as they enter college life. But how do we describe a successful student? According to Zepke, Leach, and Butler (2011) student success is “variously understood as engagement, persistence, completion, graduation and entry to employment” (p.227). But not merely limited to achieving high scores in an exam but to put in a deeper sense, success covers a wider aspect in a student’s life. In the article, The Thriving Quotient by Shreiner (2010) common notion equates student success with academic performance and persistence to graduation. She further emphasizes that for those “who have worked extensively with students know that there is more to a successful college experience than grades and graduation” (p.3). There is an empirical factor that drives students to succeed. There is the existence of a thriving quotient, where thriving is “describing the experiences of college students who are fully engaged intellectually, socially, and emotionally” (p.4). These thriving students will have a deeper
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