ERIC Number: EJ1465222
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-2153-1900
EISSN: EISSN-2153-1919
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Assessing the Impact of an Indigenous Mentoring Program on Faculty to Support American Indian/Alaska Native Graduate Students in STEM
Blakely Brown; Sweeney Windchief; Barbara Komlos; Raquel Arouca
Journal of Faculty Development, v34 n3 p27-36 2020
Effective mentoring of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) students in STEM can make a difference in degree completion. The researchers designed and implemented a program to prepare faculty for mentoring AI/AN students in STEM, which then allowed the study to take place. Process measures (e. g., participation and program satisfaction measures) and faculty self-reported knowledge of mentoring practices, and attitudes and intentions to change mentoring practices that can shape AI/AN students' connections with STEM research, were assessed. Four institutions implemented the nine-module Indigenous Mentoring Program (IMP). Thirty-four faculty enrolled in the program with 38% to 44% of these faculty completing all nine modules. Participant satisfaction with the IMP was moderate. Faculty self-reported knowledge of practices that help AI/AN students complete their degrees showed favorable improvement indicating that the IMP may enhance the academic achievement of AI/AN students in STEM.
Descriptors: Mentors, Faculty Development, American Indian Students, Alaska Natives, STEM Education, Program Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes, Learning Modules, Participant Satisfaction, Knowledge Level, Time to Degree, Academic Achievement, Teacher Student Relationship, Disproportionate Representation, Graduate Students, Graduate School Faculty, Administrators, Indigenous Personnel, Predominantly White Institutions, Minority Serving Institutions, Tribally Controlled Education, Racial Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF), Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: 1431773; 1432694
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