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In the current higher education climate, never has it been more imperative to promote early and ongoing student success and retention. Transition theory suggests that taking a coherent, scalable and holistic approach to ...

Success at university is a complex idea, with evidence that what “counts” as success is conceived differently by students and academics. This study contrasts two methodologies (“Likert-type” ordered response and ...

This article examines university student involvement in programs aimed at widening higher education participation. Studies have demonstrated that prospective students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds benefit from inter...

This book of proceedings gathers the contributions presented at the 4th URV Doctoral Workshop in Computer Science and Mathematics. After the successful previous editions in 2014, 2015 and 2016 the fourth edition was held...

Are you interested in Art and the Humanities? Have you been learning English for a long time but do not have enough confidence to carry out tasks in these fields efficiently? Would you like to learn the necessary strateg...

Family and community in and out of the classroom introduce the reader to the field of family engagement in mathematics teaching and learning processes. Scientific evidence collected by the European Union throughout many ...

The objective of this exploratory study is to describe whether the gender of adolescent students may be an influential factor in motivating their attitudes towards academic achievements or potential professional aspirati...

It is a privilege to present you with this stimulating book, which brings together an exceptional selection of ideas, experiences and reflections resulting from the meeting of a wide range of innovative educators from di...

In this book, we address landscape architecture, from composition and construction, from the visual and the tectonic, from form and matter. With this, it is intended to configure a basic manual for the student who delves...

The communicators’ training is one the fields with more updates due to constant changes faced every year. Therefore, digital native students have competencies developed in an informal way that become a natural bridge t...

Instructors’ course policies have an important impact on student success in our courses, as well as their perceptions of instructors. One such course policy, which is the focus of this descriptive study, is that of ass...

Given the education completion gap between Indigenous students and non-Indigenous students and the need for more Indigenous nurses, support for Indigenous nursing students is imperative for academic success. Indigenous n...

Analysing the engagement of students in university-based Facebook groups can shed light on the nature of their learning experience and highlight leverage points to build on student success. While post-semester surveys an...

This special issue of Student Success celebrates the work of Professor Ella Kahu and her substantial contribution to the advancement of our collective understanding of student engagement. In June 2024 Professors Karen Ne...

Belonging is critical to first-year student success and persistence in higher education. However, differing definitions make it challenging to fully understand why belonging is significant. Foregrounding student voice, t...

University enabling programs provide historically underrepresented students with aspirational gateways and the academic skills and knowledges essential for success at university. Measurement of the efficacy of such progr...

A Transition Pedagogy framework acknowledges students’ transition into university from diverse backgrounds, with varied preparedness for studying at university. It puts the onus on the university to provide a seamless ...

This practice report, framed within transition pedagogy (Kift et al., 2010), seeks to offer suggestions to assist higher education educators and administrators to develop and apply policies to foster student belonging. T...

Increasing access for underrepresented cohorts to higher education has long been a priority internationally, and Australia is no exception. While universities offer a range of services in the areas of Equity, Career Deve...

In response to the COVID-19 epidemic, universities were forced to shift to an online, remote delivery system. This paper presents the design and evaluation of two skills-based first-year units that were adapted to a pred...

This special issue of Student Success celebrates the work of Professor Ella Kahu and her substantial contribution to the advancement of our collective understanding of student engagement. In June 2024 Professors Karen Ne...

The School of Human Services and Social Work at Griffith University (Brisbane, Australia) developed the Common Time program in 2002 for its first year undergraduate students to increase student success in academic learni...

Issue 1 of Volume 14 is published at an exciting and challenging time for education.  The availability of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools is causing disruption across sectors.  Responses range from comple...

In 2024 the Journal publishes its 15th volume, a significant achievement for a non-commercial open access publication. The Journal has evolved significantly in recent years and submissions continue to increase in numb...