The Student Support Services, Challenges and Future Trends in Student Support Services for Higher Education Institutions

Student support services are an essential component of teaching and learning to enhance higher education qualitatively and quantitatively. The main aim of higher education institutions is to provide the best atmosphere for learning and wide opportunities for the students to transcend in their careers. An important factor that influences the ranking of higher education is the support services that an institution bestows to its students. In this study, it is endeavored to find the essential student support services as well as challenges and future trends to the student support services in higher education institutions [HEIs]. Assurance of proper resources/services, reforming and restructuring the support service system, and acquiring the latest technologies are the most important means to address the challenges and future trends in student support services.