Vulnerability in Teaching: A Note About the Mental Health of Students

Image courtesy of andros1234 via Pixabay; I miss seeing my students work together on assignments in this face-to-face type of setting

Many universities across the United States, including my home the University of Tennessee, have shortened their semesters as part of an ongoing effort to combat the coronavirus. The reasoning was that cutting out mid-semester breaks would greatly reduce the amount of travel that occurs during the semester. While this is true in theory, many students rely on those breaks…