This is fascinating research that quality faculty-student alliances impact retention rates. In my own college experiences, there was hardly a moment that I encountered faculty members who had a positive or interested approach toward students. It seemed they valued being aloof and disinterested. Perhaps they even thought insulting and disparaging students would motivate them to try harder, and their view of retention responsibility seemed to rest all on the shoulders of the student. How far we have come as an academic community in researching better and evidence-based ways.
