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Publication Date: 2019
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Suitcase, Crockpot, Car: Mentoring Relationships, Cultivating Confidence, and Challenging Workplaces for the Emerging Professional. Wicked Problems Forum: Mentoring in Higher Education
Phillips, Anji L.; Adams, Tony E.
Communication Education, v68 n1 p121-128 2019
This article begins with a script of a typical conversation the authors have with mentees around/after graduation and it illustrates concerns that some mentees have with their transition into a career. Such conversations are appropriate for those entering "emerging adulthood," a season of life ranging from the late teens through the early twenties and a time when emerging adults turn away from their adolescent and teen support networks and toward "people outside of the family." It is a time of life when college faculty can comprise part of this new support network as "mentors"--new, trusted, and safe sources of support. Even for students who are (in years) well into adulthood, the transition into a professional career can involve unique concerns and the need to expand their support network. College faculty has an opportunity to comprise part of this new support network as "mentors"--new, trusted, and safe sources of support. Even for students who are (in years) well into adulthood, the transition into a professional career can involve unique concerns and the need to expand their support network. Mentors can encourage mentees to get out of their own way, and choose a path that may be met with passion and resistance. Mentors are in a position to offer kindness, make themselves available for feedback, find resources that may enhance well-being, and offer advice for navigating contexts riddled with uncertainty and fear.
Descriptors: Mentors, College Faculty, Teacher Student Relationship, College Students, College Graduates, Late Adolescents, Higher Education, Graduation
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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