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A mentor, advisor, or even a friend? Making connections in college makes all the difference.What single factor makes for an excellent college education? As it turns out, its pretty simple: human relationships. Decades of research demonstrate the transformative potential and the lasting legacies of a relationshiprich college experience. Critics suggest that to build connections with peers, faculty, staff, and other mentors is expensive and only an option at elite institutions where instructors have the luxury of time with students. But in this revelatory book brimming with the voices of students, faculty, and staff from across the country, Peter Felten and Leo M. Lambert argue that relationshiprich environments can and should exist for all students at all types of institutions.In RelationshipRich Education, Felten and Lambert demonstrate that for relationships to be central in undergraduate education, colleges and universities do not require immense resources, privileged students, or specially qualified faculty and staff. All students learn best in an environment characterized by high expectation and high support, and all faculty and staff can learn to teach and work in ways that enable relationshipbased education. Emphasizing the centrality of the classroom experience to fostering quality relationships, Felten and Lambert focus on students influence in shaping the learning environment for their peers, as well as the key difference a single, welltimed conversation can make in a students life. They also stress that relationshiprich education is particularly important for firstgeneration college students, who bring significant capacities to college but often face longstanding inequities and barriers to attaining their educational aspirations.Drawing on nearly 400 interviews with students, faculty, and staff at 29 higher education institutions across the country, RelationshipRich Education provides readers with practical advice on how they can develop and sustain powerful relationshipbased learning in their own contexts. Ultimately, the book is an invitationand a challengefor faculty, administrators, and student life staff to move relationships from the periphery to the center of undergraduate education.
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A mentor, advisor, or even a friend? Making connections in college makes all the difference.What single factor makes for an excellent college education? As it turns out, its pretty simple: human relationships. Decades of research demonstrate the transformative potential and the lasting legacies of a relationshiprich college experience. Critics suggest that to build connections with peers, faculty, staff, and other mentors is expensive and only an option at elite institutions where instructors have the luxury of time with students. But in this revelatory book brimming with the voices of students, faculty, and staff from across the country, Peter Felten and Leo M. Lambert argue that relationshiprich environments can and should exist for all students at all types of institutions.In RelationshipRich Education, Felten and Lambert demonstrate that for relationships to be central in undergraduate education, colleges and universities do not require immense resources, privileged students, or specially qualified faculty and staff. All students learn best in an environment characterized by high expectation and high support, and all faculty and staff can learn to teach and work in ways that enable relationshipbased education. Emphasizing the centrality of the classroom experience to fostering quality relationships, Felten and Lambert focus on students influence in shaping the learning environment for their peers, as well as the key difference a single, welltimed conversation can make in a students life. They also stress that relationshiprich education is particularly important for firstgeneration college students, who bring significant capacities to college but often face longstanding inequities and barriers to attaining their educational aspirations.Drawing on nearly 400 interviews with students, faculty, and staff at 29 higher education institutions across the country, RelationshipRich Education provides readers with practical advice on how they can develop and sustain powerful relationshipbased learning in their own contexts. Ultimately, the book is an invitationand a challengefor faculty, administrators, and student life staff to move relationships from the periphery to the center of undergraduate education.
