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Balancing empathy: Can professors have too much?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2021

Aditi Rabindra Sachdev*
Affiliation:
PepsiCo Inc.
Caitlin M. Lapine
Affiliation:
Touro College
Anmol Sachdeva
Affiliation:
Hofstra University
*
*Corresponding author. Email: aditi.sachdev1990@gmail.com

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