Help to promote the Humber Student Success Survey (HSSS).

At Humber, student success and retention are institutional priorities; understanding our students is essential to provide focus for student success initiatives. Every year, three in four incoming students successfully complete their first year. However, one in four leave the college within the first year. It is imperative that Humber is able to identify students at risk of attrition and initiate timely interventions.

The HSSS is one means of identifying students at risk. The survey is administered each year to students in all semesters. The four purposes of the survey are:

• To understand our diverse student population in terms of sociodemographic and other factors (e.g., culture and ethnicity, sexual identity, disabilities) so that we can assess the extent to which we are meeting their needs;
• To understand students’ academic and career goals and the extent to which we are meeting them;
• To identify students who may be at risk of attrition; and
• To gain a broad understanding of students’ support needs to allow for service planning and resource allocation.

All students will receive their personal survey through email on Thursday, October 26. Students will also receive a personalized invitation to complete the survey on their Blackboard ‘Activity Stream’ titled ‘Important: Humber Student Success Survey’. The survey will remain open until Sunday, November 12.

Please help us to ensure a strong response to this survey by encouraging students in all years and full-time programs to complete the survey so that we can continue to make a positive impact in their success.

Thank you in advance for your support!