International Journal of Development and Sustainability ISSN: 2186-8662 – www.isdsnet.com/ijds Volume 7 Number 3 (2018): Pages 1038-1048 ISDS Article ID: IJDS18012901 Investigating students’ learning motivation in Indonesian higher institution: A study from Musamus University of Merauke, Papua Abstract This study aimed at to investigate lecturersǯ perception of studentsǯ learning motivation at the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Musamus University of Merauke, Papua, )ndonesia. This study asked Dzwhat are lecturersǯ perception of the sttudentsǯ learning motivation?dz ) employed a quantitative approach, using survey research design. A purposive sampling technique was used to obtain 40 respondents drawn from amongst lecturers at the Factulty of Teacher Training and Education, Musamus University of Merauke. Data were analysed quantitatively using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21 for Windows TM . The descriptive data analysis was conducted by calculating means and standard deviations scores to describe lecturersǯ perception of studentsǯ learning motivation. The general mean of the data is 1.1300 with a standard deviation of 13.66957, where the present study indicated that studentsǯ learning motivation were lowly perceived by the lecturers. This finding might be wothwhile for the head of all departments and the dean at the faculty level as well to make an effort of creating strategies to enhance studentsǯ learning motivation in order to address the need of having qualified graduates. Keywords: Students; Learning Motivation; Lecturersǯ Perception Published by ISDS LLC, Japan | Copyright © 2018 by the Author(s) | This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Cite this article as: Werang, B.R. (2018Ȍ, Dz)nvestigating studentsǯ learning motivation in )ndonesian higher institution: A study from Musamus University of Merauke, Papuadz, International Journal of Development and Sustainability, Vol. 7 No. 3, pp. 1038- 1048. Basilius Redan Werang Universitas Musamus, Merauke, Papua, Indonesia lirang267@yahoo.co.id