Relationship-Rich Education

Quotes from the episode

We don’t use relational language to talk about how to go to college. And we need to do that.
-Leo Lambert

Relationships are high stakes for students both in college and after college.
-Leo Lambert

Of all the places on college campuses where relationships take hold, the classroom is still the most important place.
-Leo Lambert

They’re not asking us to solve all their problems, they just want to be seen as humans.
-Peter Felten

Resources Mentioned

• Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College, by Peter Felten and Leo M. Lambert
• The Undergraduate Experience: Focusing Institutions on What Matters Most, by Peter Felten and Leo M. Lambert
• Elon 101: The First-Year Advising Seminar
• What’s in a Name? The Importance of Students Perceiving That an Instructor Knows Their Names in a High-Enrollment Biology Classroom, by Katelyn M. Cooper, Brian Haney, Anna Krieg, and Sara E. Brownell
• Caution, Student Experience May Vary: Social Identities Impact a Student’s Experience in Peer Discussions, by Sarah L. Eddy, Sara E. Brownell, Phonraphee Thummaphan, Ming-Chih Lan, and Mary Pat Wenderoth
• Faculty Leadership and Student Persistence–A Story From Oakton Community College, by Elisabeth Barnett
• Whose culture has capital? A critical race theory discussion of community cultural wealth, by Tara Yosso doi:10.1080/1361332052000341006