The Student Success Papers is a collection of short essays by Dr. Watson Scott Swail on critical issues related to the retention and graduation of students in higher education. Dr. Swail is a noted expert in student retention and has worked with thousands of professionals and hundreds of institutions over the past two decades. His company, the Educational Policy Institute and consulting subsidiary, SwailLandis, offer Retention Certification Workshops throughout the year to get campus-based practitioners up to speed on the latest data and practices that encourage and push students through to graduation. This volume contains 28 writings from Dr. Swail originally published between 2010 and 2019.