Submitted by: Jennifer Brewer, jbrewer1@uca.edu on 10/27/2025
This week’s Faculty for Successful Students focus is: Respond to Disengaged Students.
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This theme aligns with the student campaign emphasis: OWN Your Education.
A student’s lack of involvement can impact their own performance and that of their peers, resulting in diminished learning outcomes and reduced classroom productivity. Faculty can address disengaged students by actively seeking to understand their challenges and considering the following strategies:
Faculty Tips to Reinforce Success
Here are a few simple ways you can encourage these habits in your classes.
- Refer students to Tutoring, Success Coaching, or Academic Advising.
- Reach out to students who have missed deadlines or are not engaging in class to encourage them to visit your office hours or have a conversation before or after class. Learn about how your class fits into their goals for attending UCA and brainstorm ways to manage your classwork within their broader list of priorities.
- Consider allowing a flexible submission deadline on at least one assignment that would allow a student to submit late or revise an assignment if they meet with you and/or see a peer coach, tutor, or SI instructor.
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By working as a community, we create the kind of environment where students flourish and reach their goals. Thanks for being part of that effort every day!
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