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Book SynopsisA 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 student
Table of ContentsForeword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Visions of the Possible
Chapter 2. Why Is This So Hard?
Chapter 3. Making Relationships a Cultural Priority
Chapter 4. Creating Relationship-Rich Classrooms
Chapter 5. Rich Relationships Everywhere
Chapter 6. Mentoring Conversations
Conclusion. The Future Is Relationship Rich
Postscript
Notes
Index
