Many of the traditional steps on the academic or professional ladder revolve around intellectual aptitude: standardized tests, SATs and ACTs, college GPA, the MCAT or GRE... the list goes on. But in ...

A study of teens shows how motivation, compassion, courage, and school safety shape confidence and resilience in students.

In Jarek Janio’s Inside Higher Ed opinion column, “Beyond ‘Grit’ and ‘Growth Mindsets,’” Janio argues that, to promote better student learning, college instructors should ignore questions about ...

Life coach Kalina Leopold defines ambition as the desire to achieve something. But this doesn’t mean a blanket, single sentence phrase that you say every morning. Or a goal you come up with and never ...

We often assume that resilience and perseverance vanish when willpower dries up. But a new study on “desire-goal motivational conflict” suggests that endurance athletes are most likely to quit when ...