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A Welcoming Tone: Tips to Build Rapport in Digital Spaces

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Since the pandemic, our student audiences are distant, both literally and figuratively. Anecdotal reports of student disengagement are soaring, and more classes are being offered in hybrid and online formats. We know that our students are culturally, linguistically, and racially diverse. Their gender identities are varied.

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A Welcoming Tone: Tips to Build Rapport in Digital Spaces

Faculty Focus

Since the pandemic, our student audiences are distant, both literally and figuratively. Anecdotal reports of student disengagement are soaring, and more classes are being offered in hybrid and online formats. We know that our students are culturally, linguistically, and racially diverse. Their gender identities are varied.

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Care for Faculty in Challenging Times: Considerations for Exploring Hope and Healing

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Universities are increasingly concerned about student success during this era of the Great Disengagement, and faculty success (more specifically, providing care to faculty so they can succeed and in turn support the needs of students) should be an equal priority. References Althusser, Louis.

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Care for Faculty in Challenging Times: Considerations for Exploring Hope and Healing

Faculty Focus

Universities are increasingly concerned about student success during this era of the Great Disengagement, and faculty success (more specifically, providing care to faculty so they can succeed and in turn support the needs of students) should be an equal priority. References Althusser, Louis.

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Why We Need to Share Care, Appreciation, Kindness and Empathy (CAKE) in our Classrooms  

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We often hear from our colleagues that our students are not resilient, they are difficult, they seem to always have excuses, and often need us to make rather unreasonable adjustments. Many of our undergraduate students were born during the time of a recession when anxiety may have been woven into the fabric of their upbringing.