Student success is deeply embedded in the ethos of our KPU community. It is a natural outcome of our collective passion for learning and purpose. Student success is the driving force that inspires us to connect with the individual, and to outline and design a way towards possibility, hope and a meaningful future.
At KPU our quest for student success strengthens our resolve and validates our mission to offer all learners ample opportunities to nurture good citizenship and authentic community and global engagement.
We aim to provide a wide a range of valuable classroom, laboratory, workshop, online, workplace and experiential learning opportunities to ensure success. Ideal learning spaces will include flexible classrooms with technology enhancements and hybrid learning spaces. We will strive to look at the KPU experience through the lens of the student and use that perspective to work with what they bring to that path of exploration.
Success has many meanings. We endeavor to provide a holistic approach to higher education, one that balances career skills with innovative, experiential learning. To us success recognizes a range of definitions including educational choice, career aspiration, life skills, mental, physical, emotional, financial, social and spiritual well-being. We guide the student through a learning pathway from admission, progression, completion, graduation to employment and the fulfillment of becoming a participant citizen.
Student success at KPU is the responsibility of us all, that means faculty, staff, administration and alumni. The student’s experience will be shaped and influenced by the actions, voices and interactions of the many dedicated KPU employees they will encounter in their quest to completion. We all play a part in helping students learn how to learn. We engage students in a learning environment with embedded support systems and diverse mentorship opportunities.
We collectively commit to the inspiration and formation of our learners and to their success through transformative curriculum, genuine mentorship, sharing our experiences, and creating a safe and welcoming environment for the realization of the self. We will construct a strategy for enhancing the student experience and expanding the range of teaching options for our instructors. We will build on the synergies between diverse units such as the Teaching and Learning Commons, experiential learning, accessibility services, open education and indigenous studies. To activate this array of initiatives we will mobilize the themes and strategies contained in the Academic Plan 2023 in the service of that success.
How do we support student learning?
- University Library
- Central Academic Advising
- Degree Advisors
- International Advising
- Learning Centres
- Accessibility Services
- Multi-Faith Centre
- Sport and Recreation
- Indigenous Services for Students
- ELS (English Language Studies) Lunch & learns, peer tutoring and conversation lounges
- Assessment and Testing services
- Counselling Services
- Healthy University Framework
- Admissions
- Student Enrolment Services
- Registration
- Orientation and Transitions
- Student Awards and Financial Assistance
- Career and Volunteer Services
- Co-operative Education
- Graduation and Convocation
- Scheduling
- Senate Office
- Student Rights and Responsibilities Office
- Systems and Reporting
- Student Records
- University Calendar
- Liaison with Kwantlen Student Association
"With smaller class sizes run by teachers that care about their students, KPU prepared me well for a successful entrepreneurial journey"
KPU Alumni Ankit Sharma
Goal 1: Enhance Student Success
Strategy 1.1
Through rigorous curriculum, teaching excellence and dedicated support systems we will prepare learners that:
- can think and act independently,
- have strong and adaptable digital and technological skills,
- are collaborators across different areas of expertise,
- are capable of dealing with diverse other learners, companies, clients and agencies,
- have a capacity for integrated thinking.
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Strategy 1.2
We will provide clear transitional pathways into the academic culture of KPU, enabling all students to be active participants in the discourse of the learning community. By recognizing the skills and experiences that students bring to the KPU community, we will provide students with diverse opportunities to develop their skills as learners in a post-secondary learning community and demonstrate their learning through e-portfolios.
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Strategy 1.3
We commit to maintaining a responsive curriculum and corresponding student services that are flexible, innovative, and provide opportunities for students to access support in a flexible manner.
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Strategy 1.4
KPU will adopt and implement UDL principles into its learning and public environments and strive to eliminate barriers to educational success.
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Strategy 1.5
We will renew our approach to adult learners to reflect their unique challenges and promote programs and services designed specifically for them.
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Strategy 1.6
We will harness and deploy digital technologies to enhance and complement on-campus learning and support services.
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Strategy 1.7
We will provide experiential learning opportunities that foster leadership development and service. Students to be provided with valuable opportunities to develop skills for meaningful careers and service through volunteer and work opportunities in the KPU community.
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Strategy 1.8
We commit to reimagining and renewing our University Libraries to become active sites of engagement for the exchange of ideas, open dialog, and discovery.
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