In the academic setting, habits of thinking influence the ways students begin, manage, and explain the results of tasks, like projects and papers. Their mindsets—attributional beliefs about their abilities as…
Jennifer Tharp, Ph.D.August 19, 2023
Let’s look at two things about underserved students: who they are and the types of support that can help them make the most of college. Who They Are In the…
Jennifer Tharp, Ph.D.August 15, 2023
How? Students today need a malleable strategy for managing time and real-time thought solutions for when things don’t go as planned. This is why I teach students the envelope system…
Jennifer Tharp, Ph.D.August 12, 2023
Agency can be conceptualized as using one’s motivation and ability to influence an outcome. It is exerted when a student 1) recognizes a problem or opportunity, 2) identifies within their…
Jennifer Tharp, Ph.D.August 7, 2023
Rather than turning to a guidance counselor for most, or all, of their class-adjacent questions, your student will soon enter a more complex context. It’s important that both you and…
Jennifer Tharp, Ph.D.July 3, 2023
Parents and students alike can vary in their preferences around part-time employment, but these preferences can sometimes be accompanied by a belief that working will be detrimental to a student’s…
Jennifer Tharp, Ph.D.April 2, 2023
Amidst pervasive life change and the undertaking of new challenges, it is not uncommon for students to consider a shift in their career pathways and the training necessary to get…
Jennifer Tharp, Ph.D.March 20, 2023
When I meet with students for academic coaching, they often tell me about areas of life where they are attempting to achieve in new environments. Students experience stress because they’re…
Jennifer Tharp, Ph.D.January 2, 2023
The stress of needing to perform compounds with the truncated sequence of multiple exams. Yet when I speak with students experiencing stress as an academic coach, they often see stress…
Jennifer Tharp, Ph.D.May 8, 2022
One of the reasons my career in higher education veered toward Student Success is the opportunity I see in the research on college student success, and in my experience coaching…
Jennifer Tharp, Ph.D.February 23, 2022
Soon enough, your student may know what it’s like to feel motivated by their vision for a future career, and then somehow to feel unmotivated in classes, despite working hard…
Jennifer Tharp, Ph.D.January 22, 2022
