I repesct @dandrezner, but sometimes attitudes like this prevent students from using professors as resources for help. I know, I have been that professor. 2/
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My classes are hard. And I just (with the help of some female faculty in my department), realized that doesn't mean I need to be hard (personality wise) to supplement it. I can be friendly and still have a difficult class. 3/
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At a minority serving institution, when the white male professor not only offers a hard class, but is a hard ass in class, it reinforces the perceived barrier between student and faculty. Office hours are feared as is the class. 4/
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What this mean is female faculty, who are perceived as more approachable get the lions share of students wanting help. Their service time goes up, writing time goes down, and an all too familiar tale becomes a truism. 5/
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I haven't solved the service disparity between myself and female colleagues, but I hope I have lessened it. My office hours and time after class are more full. Questions range from class, to law/grad school, but also much more sensitive issues too. 6/
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If you haven't has a student cry in your office because of something other than grades, it is you. I assure you, female faculty in your department have, and I would bet multiple times a semester. 7/
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Office hours are about service/teaching to students. Telling them they need to come to your office prepared with important questions intimidates the hell out of them. Our offices should be open to all, not just the brave ones 8/
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It affects our colleagues, recruitment, retention, and most importantly, the lives and experiences of our students. Everyone in the system right now seems to want to commoditize students, please try to remember they are individuals. /end
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Former uni employee here: one of the big programs we ran was a student success program, but it wasn't really about academics. It was about physical, emotional, and financial health. Thanks for saying this.
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The long and short of it was, "if these students are having trouble outside of the classroom, in the other 16+ hours of their day, what makes us think they'll do well in the remaining classroom hours?"
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