Introduction

Faculty who hold a whole student approach bring an appreciation and respect for life and humanity itself, and they affirm the humanity and life of each individual student in the classroom. They care deeply about their students, and they are interested in creating a classroom community and environment of openness and trust to foster deep learning, academic success, and meaning-making. Women may face a lack of encouragement or outright discouragement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics classes, and microaggressions targeting students from any number of social identities are all too frequent. Students can also be positively engaged through creative uses of classroom technology to enhance learning. Inclusive engagement of diverse students begins with organizational environments that support and encourage engaged learning for underrepresented students. Student support services do much to attract and retain students. Service-learning courses are a common example of boundary crossing between academic affairs and student life.