Teaching in Higher Ed

Faculty’s Role in Student Success

Apr 25, 2024

Jody Greene discusses the faculty's role in student success, emphasizing the importance of multiple elements for student thriving. She challenges gender expectations in classrooms and advocates for a generous reading approach. The podcast explores non-dualistic thinking in academia and the significance of empathy and kindness in higher education discourse.

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Jody Greene

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Faculty should focus on both student success and well-being in higher education.

Encouraging non-binary thinking can enhance inclusivity and adaptability in academia.

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The Faculty Role in Student Success

Balancing faculty success and student success is crucial in higher education. Jodi Green shares insights on shifting the institutional focus towards faculty balancing research productivity with effective teaching. The discussion highlights the importance of addressing faculty success alongside student success in structuring university priorities.

Introduction

5min

Exploring Curiosity and Challenging Binaries in Literature and Law

3min

Exploring Non-Dualistic Thinking in Faculty and Student Success

3min

Evolution of Teaching Perspectives

26min

Navigating Empathy and Generosity in Higher Education Discourse

3min

Jody Greene discusses faculty’s role in student success on episode 515 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

"We know that there are so many other important elements to students' success, their well-being, their thriving, their career pathways, their ability to pursue interests and curiosities, their engagement, their activism, and all of these multiple measures." ~ Jody Greene

The special power of literature comes from that capacity to have one foot in the factual or the real and one foot in the imagination or the fictional.
-Jody Greene

We know that there are so many other important elements to students’ success, their well-being, their thriving, their career pathways, their ability to pursue interests and curiosities, their engagement, their activism, and all of these multiple measures.
-Jody Greene

I think people care about what the institution has told them they need to care about.
-Jody Greene

I don’t think we should have expectations based on people’s gender in a classroom.
-Jody Greene

Resources

About Jody Greene
Teaching Environmental Justice: Practices to Engage Students and Build Community, edited by Sikina Jinnah, Jessie Dubreuil, Jody Greene, and Samara S. Foster
The dualistic mind, by Richard Rohr
Gina Garcia
Torgny Roxå – ‘shame briefcase’
Listen: Improving Student Success in the Classroom, Inside Higher Ed podcast with Jody Green
New Day (live) – Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
Try a little kindness
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ASK: What is the most generous reading I can have right here?
“If things were simple, word would have gotten around.” Jacques Derrida

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Teaching in Higher Ed

Faculty’s Role in Student Success

Episode guests

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

The Faculty Role in Student Success

Challenging Dualistic Thinking

Reframing Student Evaluations

Promoting Kindness and Observation

Quotes from the episode

Resources

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