ENGAGING LECTURE TIP 29 Dress for Success
One thing that many of us find appealing about the professoriate is the lack of a formal dress code. Indeed, when we are being socialized into the profession as graduate students, the typical attire can be jeans and sweatshirts. It would be nice to think that what we wear as professors doesn't matter, that students want to learn from us despite our appearances. However, there is evidence to suggest that what we wear does matter to students. They have indicated that they pay attention to our attire in plenty of student evaluations (and likewise in students' discussions of their professors on Twitter) in which they focus on what the teacher has worn rather than the teacher's teaching effectiveness. ...
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