Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College (FBG)

Spring 2023 | Meeting 2 of 3 [Group 1]

Feb 15, 2023 [ADD TO YOUR CALENDAR]
1:00pm-2:00pm
306, James Union Building (JUB)
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Dear Faculty and Staff,

 

You are invited to join a group of colleagues who will be reading and discussing the book Relationship Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College, by Peter Felten and Leo Lambert.

The publisher’s website describes the book as follows:
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 Educatio