Faculty members were somewhat divided in terms of their interest in being a part
of students’ lives beyond the classroom (or classroom-related activities). Some felt
student affairs had information that could help them be better teachers, such as Samantha
Taylor:
I personally would like them to let the faculty know when students are having
issues. Um, I know there’s probably a confidentiality issue there but you know I
have a lot of confidentiality issues with my students. Anyway, it’d be nice to
know when my students are struggling in a way that might be affecting them in
my classroom. You know they be getting a C in my class but they may be actually
very capable of getting an A but there’s something socially going on that I’m not
aware of so for me to be a better teacher and to maybe reach that students I would
like some of that information if possible to help me maybe reach out to them
differently. You know if there’s a student who’s having issues with social
awkwardness or drinking uh when we sit and talk it could be using certain
examples that make more sense for them or um allow me to connect to that
student better in the classroom so that maybe he wouldn’t transfer as much.