Librarians co-author paper on student success

Shelby Hallman, Lara Fountaine (Herzellah), Natalia Lopez, and Rob Rucker are among the co-authors of “Charting a path forward in student success,” a paper published on Emerald Insight. NC State was among eight institutions of higher education that were given a series of questions about student success on their campuses and in their libraries. This paper collects and distills their responses to show ways that academic libraries are engaging with the idea of “student success” both conceptually and operationally. Among the initiatives mentioned are high-impact practices, fostering academic rapport and creating a sense of belonging, experiential learning, and creative spaces and professional development.