Education Policy, Business and Technology

Redefining Student Success in a Digital Ecosystem

Campus Technology: What does student success mean in a digital ecosystem? The most prevalent measures involve retention and graduation rates — students pass their classes, move through the curriculum and ideally graduate in four years — but those "institutional outputs" are the lowest-common-denominator definition, according to Gardner Campbell, vice provost for learning innovation and student success, dean of University College and associate professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University. Campbell took part in a recent Future Trends Forum video chat hosted by consultant and futurist Bryan Alexander to share his thoughts about how higher education might rethink ideas of student success in a digital age.

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