Academic motivation suffers when economic mobility seems out of reach

Tuesday, July 11, 2017 - 13:32 in Psychology & Sociology

High school and college students from low socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds are much less motivated to overcome academic hardships when they have doubts about the likelihood of people from their backgrounds achieving upward mobility, suggests a new report.

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