Have you noticed an increase in emails, visits, or students hanging around after class to ask questions about their progress? It’s that time of the semester. GradHacker has a few suggestions for setting up effective meetings with your students.

Students seem to be perpetually wondering how they’re doing in a course, and I’m always elated to talk to students, especially if they come to my office hours or want to meet for coffee. I think meeting with students outside of the normal class time is one of my favorite activities because it gives me a chance to talk one-on-one with students. It also presents students with the opportunity to have me all to themselves for a period of time. They can talk about whatever they need to and get help on many things.

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