Conceptualizing Institutional Policies for Studen t s’ A cademic Success in Cambodian U n ive r sities: What Mat t ers f or Policy? R any Sam 1 , Thongma Souriyavongsa 1 , Ahmad Nurulazam Md Zain 2 , Hazri Jamil 1 , Xiaojuan Wu 1 , Seng Sovath 3 1 School of Educational Studies, Uni versiti Sain s Malay sia, Ma laysia 2 School of Educational Studies and N ation al Higher Educati on Research Institution, Malaysia 3 Department of Legislation, Camb odian M inistry of Education, Youth, and Sports, Cambodia Correspondence: Rany Sam, School of Educational Stud ies, Univer siti Sains Malaysia, 11800 , Penang, Malaysia. Tel: 60-17-506-3234. E-mail: sr11_edu045@student.usm .my Received: February 10, 2013 Accepted: May 23, 2013 Online Published: August 1, 2013 doi:10.5539/ass.v9n10p283 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ass.v9n10p283 Abstract The Cambodian government aims to promote students’ academic success in the country’s tertiary education.