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Clayton Smith; Geri Salinitri; Kendra Hart – International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 2024
Purpose: This study provides insight into the nature of peer-mentoring opportunities for teacher candidates, including common challenges and benefits that can be used to inform best practices for implementing peer-mentoring programs by higher education institutions. Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative interviews were conducted to glean…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Undergraduate Students, Peer Relationship, Mentors
MENTOR, 2011
"Mentoring Immigrant Youth: A Toolkit for Program Coordinators" is a comprehensive resource that is designed to offer program staff important background information, promising program practices and strategies to build and sustain high-quality mentoring relationships for different categories of immigrant youth. Included in this resource are five…
Descriptors: Mentors, Immigrants, Refugees, Interpersonal Relationship
Reese, Susan – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers, 2006
There are certain elements that are common among effective mentoring programs. This article describes MENTOR, an organization that serves as a resource and advocate for youth mentoring. MENTOR developed its first mentoring Elements of Effective Practice in 1990 by working with a national panel of mentoring experts. "They are research- and…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Design, Mentors, Program Effectiveness
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Holdaway, Edward; And Others – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1995
A survey of 736 graduate student supervisors in 37 Canadian universities investigated aspects of the relationship between student and supervisor, including types and quantity of assistance given in thesis development and research; assistance in preparation of publications, presentations, and grant applications; and help in developing teaching…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Higher Education
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McKenzie, Barbara K.; Özkan, Betül C.; Layton, Kent – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2006
In this exploratory distance mentor/mentee program implemented fall 2005 at the University of West Georgia , the authors investigated strategies that worked in motivating faculty to put their face-to-face classes online. This paper provides an overview of the program, its successes, problem areas, and tips for administrators to adopt in designing…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Peer Groups, Mentors, Program Administration
Gaffney, Nancy A., Ed. – 1995
This report summarizes information and discussion from a 1993 workshop on the Summer Research Opportunities Programs (SROPs). These programs are designed to enhance doctoral research opportunities and mentoring for minority graduate students. The present publication is intended to serve as a guide for those wishing to develop or strengthen SROPs…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Faculty, Conferences, Eligibility
Currie, Sheila; Foley, Kelly; Schwartz, Saul; Taylor-Lewis, Musu – 2001
In 1998, Canada's Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) conducted case studies of two work-based training and skill development programs for street youth in Vancouver, British Columbia. The BladeRunners program places youth on construction sites while encouraging them to work toward an apprenticeship in the building trades. The…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Building Trades