Academic Achievement in a Digital Age: Intersections of Support and Systems

Wil Martens () and Diu Thi Huong Pham
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Wil Martens: College of Management, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
Diu Thi Huong Pham: Department of Business Management, Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Hanoi 12406, Vietnam

Social Sciences, 2025, vol. 14, issue 9, 1-13

Abstract: Unanticipated interplay among digital access, institutional prestige, and support systems shapes academic outcomes in higher education. Survey responses from 387 undergraduates in Taiwan and Vietnam—two markets that experienced 80–130 percent growth in mobile broadband penetration between 2015 and 2023—reveal that greater university resource intensity is associated with higher course grades, whereas Reputation Capital and National Context factors unexpectedly correlate with lower performance. Moreover, while individual motivation robustly predicts achievement, a strong future orientation (long-term mindset) is linked to modest declines in grades, perhaps reflecting difficulties in balancing forward-looking goals with the demands of fast-paced, digitally mediated coursework. These counter-intuitive findings underscore the intricate dynamics of student success in technology-saturated learning environments and suggest that effective use of institutional resources and digital platforms requires targeted interventions—such as training in digital self-regulation and curricular designs that mitigate the downsides of prestige and pervasive connectivity—to optimize academic performance.

Keywords: academic performance; university resources; national digital infrastructure; multimodal society; educational technology; reputation capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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