A collectively developed resource
With definitions, institutional commitments and metrics that guide the work of the campus as we shift responsibility from students needing to seek help to be successful, to the institution providing clearer pathways for engagement, support, and participation in impactful classes, programs and activities.
Accessible copy of the Strategy Guide - if you encounter any issues accessing this document, please let us know.
Purpose of the strategy guide
- Situate our approach to MSU student success within the higher education context.
- Ground our work to cohesively articulate the Spartan Undergraduate Experience at MSU in literature from different disciplines and perspectives
- Create a shared, fluid, and measurable definition of Student Success at MSU that promotes collaboration, discussion, and innovation across the campus
- Document the resources, theories, frameworks, research that influence our definition(s)
- Identify potential metrics for measuring our ability to live out our definition
- Ensure that we are addressing the intersectional experiences/contexts of our undergraduate student population tending to
their collective, identity-based, and individual needs - Acknowledge contributions of the campus community to developing the definitions and bibliography.
- Archiving our work and sharing our resources publicly with others through Zotero and other types of publication (web, social, print media) to promote both institutional and national discussions about undergraduate student success as research and practice continues to inform the work we engage in.