What lens are you taking with this assignment? How are you determining what "being properly served" means? How are you determining what a successful programs means? Once you decide that, pull out the most important words to begin your search. Then come up with alternative keywords. An example is below.
How does the building space affect students' academic performance?
building space | academic performance |
architecture | study habits |
library buildings | studying |
classrooms | retention |
In addition to the link to Thesaurus.com below, MS Word has a built-in thesaurus: