Mentoring Undergraduate Students: ASHE Higher Education Report, Volume 43, Number 1

Take a critical look at the theory and recent empirical research specific to mentoring undergraduate students. This monograph: Explains how mentoring has been defined and conceptualized by scholars to date, Considers how recent mentoring scholarship has begun to distinguish mentoring from other developmental relationships, Synthesizes recent empirical findings, Describes prevalent types of formalized programs under which mentoring relationships are situated, and Reviews existing and emerging theoretical frameworks. This monograph also identifies empirical and theoretical questions and presents research to better understand the role of mentoring in promoting social justice and equity. Presenting recommendations for developing, implementing and evaluating formal mentoring programs, it concludes with an integrated conceptual framework to explain best–practice conditions and characteristics for these programs. This is the first issue of the 43rd volume of the Jossey–Bass series ASHE Higher Education Report. Each monograph is the definitive analysis of a tough higher education issue, based on thorough research of pertinent literature and institutional experiences. Topics are identified by a national survey. Noted practitioners and scholars are then commissioned to write the reports, with experts providing critical reviews of each manuscript before publication. INDICE: Executive Summary 7 .Foreword 11 .Introduction 14 .Importance and Value of Mentoring 16 .Mentoring Definitions and Characteristics 18 .Who Can Be a Mentor? 23 .Mentoring Literature Reviews 26 .Monograph Purpose and Guiding Questions 29 .Monograph Overview 30 .Synthesis of Recent Empirical Findings 31 .Description of Reviewed Mentoring Scholarship 31 .Mentoring Descriptions, Sensemaking, and Expectations 33 .Perceptions, Functions, and Roles of Mentoring 35 .Mentoring Benefits 38 .College Adjustment and Development 40 .Academic Progress and Success 41 .Contributions of the Present Review 42 .Summary and Conclusions 44 .Contextualizing Mentoring Relationships 45 .Orientation and Retention Programs 45 .Mentoring for Social Justice and Equity 48 .Peer Mentoring 50 .Undergraduate Research and Honors Programs 52 .Summary and Conclusions 57 .Established and Emerging Mentoring Frameworks 58 .Overview of Mentoring Theories and Frameworks 59 .Typology–Related Frameworks 59 .Process–Based Frameworks 62 .Outcomes–Based Frameworks 67 .Summary and Conclusions 71 .Conclusions and Recommendations 73 .Synthesis of Key Findings 73 .Enduring Limitations and Recommendations for Future Research 75 .Proposed Conceptual Framework: Mentoring Undergraduate Students 81 .Evidence–Based Mentoring Practices 86 .Concluding Remarks 90 .References 92 .Name Index 105 .Subject Index 111 .About the Authors 113

• ISBN: 978-1-119-38217-1
• Editorial: Jossey Bass
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 120
• Fecha Publicación: 31/03/2017
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés