Dr. Giulia EvolviDec 9, 2022

Unpopular academic take: teachers should not require mandatory attendance. Students should come to class because they're interesting & useful.

Instead of forcing them to attend our classes, we should wonder why they prefer staying at home.

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Show threadMichaelDec 9, 2022

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One can argue that not going to class is because the students do not see the class as relevant and beneficial, but I think that often it is that the student's social life overwhelms everything else.

Being a college student is a pretty enjoyable lifestyle, particularly since it doesn't cost anything (they won't have to start paying their student loans for years so the costs are not real to them).

Show threadDr. Giulia EvolviDec 9, 2022
@mimarek1 @academicchatter I believe students are adults, they can decide whether is it important for them to learn or not...
Show threadFreya Blekman
@giuliaevolvi @mimarek1 @academicchatter that’s all fine…until the university funding gets lowered because of lowered graduation numbers. And yes that is not as extreme as students might think.
My take: Mandatory attendance is the lazy way to fix the graduation rates (the better way is creating high quality courses that students actually voluntarily attend but that is of course a much more complicated discussion)
Dec 9, 2022 at 3:45pmWeb
Show threadDr. Giulia EvolviDec 9, 2022
@freyablekman @mimarek1 @academicchatter of course, it is a complicated matter, but definitely less people will graduate without mandatory attendance...