While issues of interpersonal boundaries between faculty andstudents is not new, more recent influences such as evolvingtechnology and current generational differences have created a newset of dilemmas. How do we set appropriate expectations regardinge-mail response time in a twenty-four-hour, seven-day-a-weekInternet-connected culture? How do we maintain our authority with ageneration that views the syllabus as negotiable?
Complex questions about power, positionality, connection,distance, and privacy underlie these decision points. Thissourcebook provides an in-depth look at interpersonal boundariesbetween faculty and students, giving consideration to the deepercontextual factors and power dynamics that inform how we set,adjust, and maintain boundaries as educators.
This is the 131st volume of this Jossey-Bass highereducation series. New Directions for Teaching andLearning offers a comprehensive range of ideas andtechniques for improving college teaching based on the experienceof seasoned instructors and the latest findings of educational andpsychological researchers.