Faculty/Student Mentoring

According to the Educational Advisory Board, mentoring is a high-impact practice fostering student satisfaction, sense of belonging, and overall success. What does good mentoring look like? How can we serve our students in the most effective way? In STEM fields, student mentoring is often falsely equated with research collaboration. We recognize that mentoring often occurs organically, but we would like to research best practices within different disciplines. What are the similarities and what are the field-specific features of best mentoring practices?  What does research tell us about small changes we can make in our everyday interactions with students in order to create a successful mentoring environment?

Participating Members:

• Nancy Scannell
• Zsuzsanna Szaniszlo