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High Perseverance Linked to Higher GPAs in University Diploma Students: A Study on Grit

SSRN, ISSN: 1556-5068
2024
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    299
    • Abstract Views
      245
    • Downloads
      54
  • Captures
    2
  • Ratings
    • Download Rank
      782,916

Article Description

Diplomas offer an alternative pathway into university. Diploma students disproportionately include first-in-family or students with additional learning needs and may have lower levels of success and higher attrition than traditional university students. Thus, it is crucial to understand what makes these students successful. Grit is a strong predictor of success in bachelor students, suggesting it may be an important predictor in diploma students as well. However, grit has not been measured against academic success in this population. This study surveyed 50 diploma students from a regional Australian university and found that they have similar base levels of grit to bachelor students, and that perseverance (a dimension of grit) is most predictive of academic success. Grit increases with age, which may reflect a more mature motivation. Students who are employed may have reduced focus. Perseverance of effort, rather than grit per se, is the key trait to build in diploma students, offering an ideal target for intervention in first-year students.

Bibliographic Details

Sue Muloin; Johanna Nieuwoudt; Michael Brickhill

Elsevier BV

Multidisciplinary; Grit; pathways; diploma; university students; academic success

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