RelationshipRich Education, Leo M. Lambert
RelationshipRich Education, Leo M. Lambert
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Relationship-Rich Education
How Human Connections Drive Success in College

Author: Leo M. Lambert, Peter Felten

Narrator: Brian Holden

Unabridged: 6 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/27/2021

Categories: Nonfiction, Education


Synopsis

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, it's pretty simple: human relationships. Decades of research demonstrate the transformative potential and the lasting legacies of a relationship-rich 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 relationship-rich environments can and should exist for all students at all types of institutions.

In Relationship-Rich 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 relationship-based education.

About Leo M. Lambert

Leo M. Lambert is a professor of education and president emeritus of Elon University, where he served as president from 1999 to 2018. He is coauthor of The Undergraduate Experience: Focusing Institutions on What Matters Most.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Joshua on April 13, 2024

4/5 stars for this nice and thought provoking read on the state of Higher Education and how we can create meaningful experiences and interactions for our students. The authors do a great job laying out some key points on how we can be intentional in our outreach to students to create welcoming and i......more

Goodreads review by Susan on October 02, 2023

An interesting read with good points. I question how many of these high impact practices most of us will be allowed to implement in the current anti-DEI environment, which is frustrating......more

Goodreads review by JournalsTLY on April 26, 2021

This book grew out of hard work (lots of research and interviews) and aims to grow strong convictions about education. Though the data is gleaned from American colleges, I find the ideals as well as comments about current educational pitfalls very relevant for S E Asian schools too. Key starters in t......more

Goodreads review by Mary on July 23, 2024

I started out very optimistic for this book-- a wide variety of institutions and instructors/staff? Goals of human connection? Count me in!--but over the course of the book, I found my eyes glazing over the detailed descriptions of particular programs or practices in particular institutions. But wha......more