Refers to learners’ achievement of educational and career goals, including persistence, completion, transfer, employment, and personal development. It encompasses academic progress, skill mastery, and successful transitions to the workforce or further education through training in the workplace.

Learner and student success reflects both institutional effectiveness and individual achievement. It is influenced by access to high-quality instruction, student supports, inclusive learning environments, and equitable policies that remove barriers to participation and completion.

Success is often measured in multiple ways: success that is learner-centric and success that is institution- and policymaker-centric.

• A general definition that is learner-centric: determination of goals and personal situations as measured by each individual learner / student. Success by individuals is often viewed as being able to support themselves after completing the educational process, through acquiring a good job and remaining employable in the workplace.
• A definition which is higher education- and policymaker-centric: graduation rates, course completion, retention rates, academic achievement, degree attainment, credits completed, student advancement.