Case studies
What this looks like on a real campus.
Documented outcomes from chapters at community colleges, regional publics, and private institutions: the numbers, the approach, and what the advisors say.
Coastal Carolina University
Public, 4-year · Conway, SC · 10,306 students
How Coastal Carolina's chapter built a trained student E-Board, raised its average induction rate from 33% to 46% with a peak of 49.8%, and received the NSLS Innovation Award.
Delgado Community College
Public, 2-year · New Orleans, LA
Semester-to-semester retention among students who earned NSLS induction.
St. Petersburg College
Public, 4-year · St. Petersburg, FL
In a one-campus pilot chapter, 24 students St. Petersburg College invited to join the NSLS were retained at a rate 37% above the college-wide rate.
Merrimack College
Private nonprofit, 4-year · North Andover, MA
Reported retention among students who joined the NSLS.
William Paterson University
Public, 4-year · Wayne, NJ
William Paterson went from a nearly inactive chapter to inducting more than 100 new members in spring 2022, and was named the NSLS's 2022 Chapter of the Year.
More case studies are in progress, covering community college, private, and regional public campuses. Every figure is drawn from published NSLS sources.
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