Building rapport through instructor-to-student interactions and facilitating student-to-student interactions can help promote student motivation and intellectual risk taking.

Interested in applying for the Teaching Assistant Consultant (TAC) Fellows program? Come to this information session to learn more about the program, hear from current TAC fellows, and ask questions.

Interested in applying for the Teaching Assistant Consultant (TAC) Fellows program? Come to this information session to learn more about the program, hear from current TAC fellows, and ask questions.

42% of UC Davis undergraduates are first-generation college students, and they have particular strengths and concerns that they bring to the university environment.

UC Davis has nearly 5,000 international undergraduate students. This extensive cultural, linguistic, and experiential diversity provides an enriched learning ecosystem for our students.

Creating opportunities for students to collaborate on assignments or projects is considered a high-impact practice in higher education (AAC&U, 2008).

The ongoing pandemic and other sociopolitical and economic challenges that have occurred throughout the past year have impacted our wellbeing.These challenges can directly and indirectly impact students’ participation and performance in their courses.

Just as racial inequities and disparities permeate society, these inequities also appear on campuses, in curricula, and in classrooms. By infusing our professional practice with actions in support of anti-racist ideals, we can, as educators, contribute to this race and equity work.