Elements of Education: The Professor-Student Disconnect

In this episode of Ele­ments of Edu­ca­tion, three Uni­ver­si­ty of Con­necti­cut stu­dents dis­cuss their best — and worst — expe­ri­ences with pro­fes­sors in their under­grad­u­ate careers thus far. Wyatt Cote, Kaia Lash­ley, and Teah Arum describe their dif­fi­cul­ties con­nect­ing with pro­fes­sors and bat­tling the implic­it assump­tions in col­lege class­rooms. The trio offer insight to how pro­fes­sors might be able to recon­struct their rela­tion­ships with stu­dents to ben­e­fit every­one involved.