Higher education provides students with the opportunity to participate in a diverse range of academic programs that facilitate further exploration beyond the classroom. Participating in
Shy students do not come to office hours nor seek the advice of faculty members. In the college classroom, they are quiet and reserved and
The success of higher education institutions rests on their ability to increase student enrollment and retain learners. The foundation of achieving this lies in building
The challenges for faculty working with students in the 21st century are rising. How can faculty meet the many challenges facing higher education? In the
Every college wants to boost diversity on campus. Every college wants to help their students succeed in the classroom and after graduation. And in our
I’ve been a professor for nearly 30 years, charged with teaching hundreds of students about psychological development. They learn how humans adapt to physical, cognitive,
Mentorship can take various forms and serve numerous goals, however, McKinsey (2016) summarized the many definitions succinctly by stating that to mentor “is to provide
Most faculty schedule at least three office hours per week—that’s 2,700 minutes a semester. If you have 135 students, that’s 20 minutes for each student.
Our “office hours off campus” idea transpired from a speech given by Dr. Iain Campbell at a publisher’s workshop we attended. Dr. Campbell teaches large
One joy of a faculty member in academia is the opportunity to train the next generation of scholars who will continue our work to innovate