Motivation is the Key to College Success

Source: Office Vibe

The economic principle I’m exploring is because of scarcity, people choose. All choices have an opportunity cost. My research question to help me study the economic principle is “Which factors lead to greater college success?"

The article published in “Root cause for college student success?” demonstrates this economic principle by arguing/showing that there are many choices in college but some will provide more benefit than others.

First, it is important to know that the success of college students and their career satisfaction is tied to high school career exploration. This is due to the fact that most students are taught to explore while in college and are told to broaden their perspectives in order to diversify their options for the future. While this may be the correct route for some students, other students have proved to be highly successful by exploring their interests and by choosing a career while in high school. This usually results in no changing majors and an on-time graduation. Students seem to be more focused if they have a clear vision for their future. It makes sense that the students with demonstrated talents and interests will more easily create a path for achieving career goals.

Second, according to the Higher Learning Commission, “motivation is the leading cause behind students’ failure or success in completing schoolwork.” Motivation influences student’s attitudes, study habits, academic readiness, and so on.” Motivation has definitely allowed lack of motivation has proven to lead more students to failure. If you have no idea where you are going, it will likely be extremely difficult to get there.

Third, passion has proved to lead students to success, while lack of passion has proven to lead more students to failure. According to executive leadership development coach Carl Nielsonursuing, “pursuing a bachelor’s degree requires passion, determination, the drive to overcome “hurdles,” and a willingness to do “whatever it takes” to achieve their goal.” Later on he states that students who don’t understand how specific courses Many students determine if a course is on the critical path to their ultimate goal before they even step foot in the classroom, these same people are likely the ones that believe education means little due to the lack of connection between what they study and their lives. With the rising student debt and average time to complete an undergraduate degree, it is important to determine effective ways to utilize college in order to maximize success and efficiency. It appears that many people and professionals believe that motivation lies at the root of college success. Students who passionately engage in academics are way more likely to flourish because they are motivated, interested, prepared, willing to put in the work, and probably set goals beforehand.

In my next blog post, I will research the question: “Which jobs are more beneficial to college students?”