Student Culture Issues and You

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Student Culture Issues and You

• University of North Carolina at Wilmington
• Center for Teaching Excellence

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Who are (were) our students?

• Student Affairs Surveys and Analyses
• SGA
• Youth Culture
• Special Topics in Student Psychology
• Who do you think your students think YOU are?

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Student Affairs Surveys

• Study Habits 1998
• Substance Abuse Survey Results Fall 1998
• Child Care Survey 1999
• Student Withdrawal Data 1998-2001
• Student Health Services Usage Fall 1990-2000
• Student Health Services Usage Spring 1990-2000
• Substance Usage Survey Results Fall 1998

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More Student Affairs Surveys

• Extra-Curricular Activities
• Class Enrollment Traffic Patterns
• 1998-2000 Survey of Graduating Seniors
• 1997-1998 Alumni Survey
• Student Eating
• Student Judicial Data 1990-2001

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Student Affairs Analyses of Data

• Orientation for New Faculty 2002
• Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Pat Leonard

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Youth Culture Dance, Rave, Rap, Hip-Hop, the
Frug and all that . . .

• http//www.dancesafe.org
• http//www.dancesafe.org/links.phppolitical

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UNCW Student Government Association

• SGAs website
• Rate Your Professor website

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Special Topics in Applied Psychology

• Why dont students like to read?
• Why dont students, especially freshman, know how
  to handle their freedom?
• What are students thinking about instead of
  academics?
• What do students think of faculty?

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What do students think of faculty?

• They are smart, possibly without making an
  effort.
• They make a lot of money.
• They are concerned about the lives we lead.
• They share many experiences with us.
• They are like my parents, steady and reliable.
• They know a lot.
• They have power over my future.

• They are not as smart as they think they are.
• They make far less money than I am going to make,
  and soon.
• They have no memory of being young, or were never
  young in the first place, so they are not
  sympathetic to us.
• They are like my parents -- they have no earthly
  idea how we live or feel and what makes us tick.
• Faculty are nerdy.

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What would you add to that?
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What dont students know about faculty?

• We have had to work hard to gain professional
  standing and respect.
• We also live within an academic and social
  hierarchy that we must adjust to and manage.
• Some of us are insecure about our professional
  worth and our ability to teach well.
• We also have interests outside of teaching that
  compete with our interest in teaching.

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Competition for Attention

• Students are not homogenous in their aims,
  desires, abilities or intentions.
• There may be one common factor among students
  that they must manage many strong competing
  interests, including school, social life, family,
  work, and personal concerns.
• You, the faculty, are in a position of having to
  compete for their attention. So you must make
  your case!

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Where can students get help with life issues?

• http//www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/SDS/index.html

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Who can you turn to in an emergency concerning a
student?

• http//www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/SDS/crisis.html
• Counseling Center 962-3746
• University Police 962-3184 or 4911
• Dean of Students Office 962-3119
• Crisis Line 392-7408
• Off-Campus Police 911
• Cape Fear Hospital 452-8112
• New Hanover Regional Medical Center 343-7000

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Thanks for your time! But I have to go now. I
have a very important class to study for, much
more important than yours is . . . And then my
shift at work starts and after that, I have to
pack to leave to go to a wedding back home
tomorrow. Also, its Thursday, so there are free
non-alcoholic shots at my church . . . And I have
a diving lesson. Seeya!