While many factors contribute to a student’s capacity for accomplishment, naturally motivated students from higher socioeconomic backgrounds are more likely to succeed, according to a new study.

Motivation is often treated as the key to success, but one of psychology’s most influential theories on goal pursuit suggests that planning may matter even more. In his landmark work on implementation ...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic spread to the U.S. in 2020, college leaders and policymakers have raised questions about the academic preparation of today’s students. College readiness metrics in math and ...

Hunger can drive a motivational state that leads an animal to a successful pursuit of a goal -- foraging for and finding food. In a highly novel study, researchers describe how two major neuronal ...

"I know I have to study, but I just can't get motivated.""I thought I'd work hard at first, but I just can't keep it up."To ...

The Student Success Center (SSC) is well-known by many students on campus. Standing three stories tall, the building is home to many lecture rooms and even more study spaces. Whether you need space on ...

Motivation isn’t just a feeling—it’s a pattern. A pattern of behavior, of habits, of choosing again and again to pursue something that matters. Too often we confuse motivation with external forces: ...