This book draws together international research to assess the quality of successful efforts to retain students. The editors and contributors unite diverse global research from countries who have led student retention and success projects at national, institutional, faculty or program level with positive outcomes. The book is underpinned by the philosophy that a more diverse student population requires higher education institutions to fundamentally change, in order to facilitate the success of all students. All of humanity, its economies and societies, are being pummelled by waves of pandemic-induced crises in tandem with globalisation and demographic shifts. Ultimately, this book acts as a clarion to higher education institutions to better support and retain their students, in order to create a more stable learning environment.

Examines case studies of student retention and success in higher education

Chapter 1: Student retention and success in higher education.- Chapter 2: Why does student retention and success matter?.- Chapter 3: Student retention: The need for institutional change.- Chapter 4: Student engagement: Key to retaining students.- Chapter 5: Faculty engagement with Learning Analytics: Advancing a student success culture in higher education.- Chapter 6: Institutional leadership efforts driving student retention and success: A case study of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.- Chapter 7: Engaging staff in improving retention and success.- Chapter 8: Listening for retention: Enabling student success through partnering with the student voice.- Chapter 9: Improving student engagement, retention and success in online learning.- Chapter 10: Fostering equitable access to employability development through an institution-wide, in-curricular strategy.- Chapter 11: Designing assessment and feedback to improve student learning and student success.- Chapter 12: Re-designing curriculum to enhance first-year student success: A case study.- Chapter 13: The role of professional integration in higher education IT studies.- Chapter 14: Retention and success in the midst of a pandemic.