ASU Professor writes advice book for college students

ASU professor who was once a two-time college dropout, eventually went on to graduate with his master’s degree. Now he's been teaching at ASU for 20 years. He's written a book that's filled with advice from the perspective of a dropout’s mistakes, a parent who guided his kids through college, and a professor seeing lots of smart kids fail out of university.

In this article published Aug. 16, 2022, on Arizona Horizon:

You don't need motivation in college; you need discipline. Everything at ASU is motivating you. Your parents are motivating you. The motivation didn't fail and end up at Christmas having some tears with your parents because you didn't do very well. There are a lot of things pulling you in a lot of directions, and a lot of them are great. You need to be selfish in the pursuit of your degree. If you have to pick between you and anything else, pick you every time.

– Matthew McCarthy, principal lecturer of information systems