Student Motivation and Perseverance: Do They Explain College Graduation?

  We examine whether college students’ persistence in finding a suitable major field of study influences the likelihood of graduation. We find that students who make an effort to select a suitable major early in their college careers graduate in a more timely fashion. Although changing majors is a...

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Main Authors: Rasha Ashraf, Jonathan M. Godbey, Milind M. Shrikhande, Tracy A. Widman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Indiana University Office of Scholarly Publishing 2018-10-01
Series:Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/josotl/article/view/22649