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The intentional mentor: Strategies and guidelines for the practice of mentoring.

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How Does Cross Cultural Mentoring Program Influence International Students' Professional Commitment?

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Development of lecturer research skills in higher education institutions : case of mentoring at Mentors University in Zimbabwe

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A STRATEGY GUIDE TO IMPROVE POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF FIRST YEAR ACCOUNTING STUDENTS AT A UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

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A Study of Satisfaction and Perceived Learning and Development of Peer Mentors in Higher Education

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Relationships Among Mentoring Support and Student Success in a Chinese First-Year Experience Program

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The Effects of Peer Mentoring

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Mentoring – ein Klassiker der Personalentwicklung: Basics und neue Perspektiven in einer digitalen Arbeitswelt

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Mentorship and Research Capacity Building

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Development and Implementation of Online Leadership Modules Enhances Professional and Leadership Skills Among Biomedical Engineering Upperclassmen Mentors

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Building a connected community of learners : the postgraduate peer mentor program

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The perceptions of peer mentors and mentees about the process and impact of peer mentoring

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Issues of Implementation of Peer Mentoring for Pre-service/Inservice Teachers

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FEUP peer mentoring: Promoting integration through support and experience sharing

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Cross-Cultural Mentoring: Cultural Awareness & Identity Empowerment

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The Pivotal Role of Faculty in Online Student Engagement and Retention

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Assessing Learning Outcomes for Undergraduate Teaching Assistants and Peer Mentors

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Propuestas y experiencias para mejorar la educación y el empleo

Morán, M. Á. J. (2022) · doi:10.36006/16369-1 · Cited by 1

Undergraduate Students as Both Mentors and Mentees

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Peer-to-peer mentorship emerges from mandatory research coursework: A social network case study

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An Exploratory Investigation of the Alcoholics Anonymous Sponsor: Qualities, Characteristics, and Their Perceived Importance

Stevens, E. (2013) · Digital Commons-DePaul (DePaul University) · Cited by 1

Creating a Successful Online Graduate Journal: Mentoring was the Key

Edmonds, K. (2011) · Scholarly and Research Communication · doi:10.22230/src.2011v2n2a30 · Cited by 1

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CCLI: Evaluation of a Mentoring Program for Delivering Engineering Content to Calculus Students

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Resolving the Systemic Bias against Students from Disadvantaged Classes in Higher Education in India: The Case of Indian Institutes of Technology

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Student Co-mentoring in Israeli and American Universities: Promoting Mutual Academic Success

Ayalon, A. (2016) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-27508-6_11 · Cited by 1

CLASSIFYING AND EVALUATING ASSESSMENT FEEDBACK PRACTICES

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A Tiered Mentoring Model for Deepening Student Learning Across Undergraduate and Graduate Design Courses

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Student-to-student knowledge sharing practices in universities

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Triadic partnerships: Evaluation of a group mentorship scheme

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Undergraduate peer mentors serving underrepresented students at a predominantly white institution

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Improving the Mentoring Experience for Pre-College Program Participants through Organizational Change and Leadership.

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Constructing Leadership Identities through Participation in a Leadership Living-Learning Community

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Exploring Advice-Seeking Dynamics in Undergraduate Medical Research: A Social Network AnalysisPreprint

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UNIVERSITY PEER ADVISORS PURSUING CAREERS IN EDUCATIONAL ADVISING: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY EXAMINING THE INFLUENCE OF LIVED- EXPERIENCES ON VOCATIONAL PURPOSE

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A peer professional learning group: A professional identity forum

Alford, Z. (2012) · Research Commons (University of Waikato)

Investigation of Research on Exclusion Policy

Zhang, A. (2014)

Arts university student mentors and gallery peer leaders: partnerships for learning

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Academic Adjustment: A pilot to assess the potential of a virtual mentoring scheme

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Experiences of student peer helpers in an open distance learning institution

Mabizela, S. E. (2015) · Unisa Institutional Repository (University of South Africa)

Innovative Practices Initiated By Department Of Management Studies, Christ University, Bengaluru

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SUPPORT SERVICES AND PROGRAMMATIC INTERVENTIONS FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS HAVE IN PLACE TO ASSIST AND GRADUATE STUDENTS WITH LOW ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY

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A Dyadic Analysis of Undergraduate Peer-Mentoring Relationships in the Context of a Formal Peer-Mentoring Programme at a University Residence

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Establishing a peer mentorship program for physiotherapy students

Nel, C. P. G. (2008)

EVALUATION OF FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE PROGRAM AT GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

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Helping Internationally-Trained Professionals Make the Transition to New Careers in Canada: A case study of the S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Employment Mentoring Program

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The postgraduate mentoring program at Deakin University and international student transition

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The Relationship of Peer Leadership Employment to Academic Outcomes in Texas Institutions of Higher Education

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Evaluating the Outcomes of a Peer-Mentoring Program for Transitioning Postsecondary Students

Goff, L. (2013)

Minding the Gap

Wright, K. L., Hodges, T. S., Franks, A. D., McTigue, E. M., & Douglass, A. G. (2015) · SensePublishers eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-94-6300-082-6_9

Developing STEM Scholars with Vision: Psychology Plants Seeds of Excellence

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An Examination of Effective Practices in Helping Low Socioeconomic Students Succeed at Selective Institutions

Edwards, P. D. (2015) · ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania)

Three Years in the Life of a Peer Support Initiative for Graduate Students Studying Adult Learning and Leadership – an Action Research Project Implementing the “ALL Peer Connect Project”

Bitterman, J. E., Nakamura, Y. T., Rossum, Z. V., & Mustafa, S. (2012) · New Prairie Press (Kansas State University)

Some Insights into a Peer Mentoring Programme

Singh, R. (2016) · University of the South Pacific Electronic Research Repository (The University of the South Pacific)

Peer mentoring for-profit college students

McGeehan, D. (2014) · Rowan Digitals Works (Rowan University)

An Examination of Mentoring Mindsets of Faculty (Mentors) and Graduate Students (Protégés): An Exploratory Study of a Mentoring Framework

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A mixed methodological assessment of personal development of undergraduate orientation leaders

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How communication context impacts judgments of a potential peer mentor

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The Impact of Mentoring Relationships on Leadership Development

Hatfield, J. (2012)

Τα οφέλη των νηπιαγωγών από την συμμετοχή τους σε πρόγραμμα peer e-mentoring με στόχο την διδασκαλία αγγλικών στο νηπιαγωγείο.

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Learn It and Pass It on: Strategies for Educational Succession

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Examining the effectiveness of an alternate admissions program on self-efficacy and persistence of first-generation students : a case

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Multi-dimensional student poverty at a South African university: a capabilities approach

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“Been There Before”: Mentorships Involving Undergraduate Black Males and Their Black Male Mentors at Predominately White Institutions

Williams, E. (2017) · IUScholarWorks (Indiana University)

The Role of Higher Education and Peer Mentoring in Student Success

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MENTEE-MENTOR COOPERATION, MENTEE BENEFIT AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Owusu, V. K., & Gregar, A. (2019) · International Bata Conference for Ph.D. Students and Young Researchers (DOKBAT) · doi:10.7441/dokbat.2019.083

Mentoring and Academic Persistence Among Black College Students

Bines, D. (2020) · Scholars' Bank (University of Oregon)

In Search of Authentic Peer Leaders: Finding, Nurturing, and Affirming

Peterson, T. O., Aikens, S. D., & Loudder, M. L. (2020) · Education Society and Human Studies · doi:10.22158/eshs.v1n2p1

Factors contributing to low completion rates of National Certificate Vocational (NCV) students at a TVET college in the Northwest Province

Nthako, M. D. (2020) · Unisa Institutional Repository (University of South Africa)

The professional identity development of university students in a stem outreach program

Barrett, M. J. (2020) · Queensland University of Technology · doi:10.5204/thesis.eprints.205045

"A Second Home:" Peer Mentor Circles for International Graduate Students to Ease Transitions and Foster Sense of Belonging

Davis, B. (2020)

Networked Mentoring to Promote Social Belonging Among Minority Doctor of Physical Therapy Students

Naidoo, K. (2020)

Peer Mentoring and Identity Formation in Higher Education: An Autoethnographic Study

Yu, R. F. (2021) · Tuwhera (Auckland University of Technology)

I Graduated. . . . Now What?

Clarke, K. L. (2021) · Advances in higher education and professional development book series · doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-5065-6.ch001

Poniendose las pilas: A critical discourse analysis of first-time-in-college Latino male experiences in a comprehensive academic enrichment program at a large, public, Hispanic-serving institution in Texas

Ramos, R. (2019) · ThinkTech (Texas Tech University)

College Success Curriculum: Helping Freshman Create New Habits

Romo, R., & Amanda, J. (2019)

Communication as a Retention Factor in Online Course Delivery

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STEM trends in higher education

Roth, A. (2016) · Digital Repository Service (Northeastern University) · doi:10.17760/d20209266

Scaffolding Undergraduate STEM Majors

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The Impact of the Southern Initiative of the Algebra Project (SIAP) Training on Mentor Self-Regulation, Mindfulness, Efficacy, and Mentee RelationsPreprint

JohnFinn, S. E., Hopkins, R., & Talley, C. P. (2021) · OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) · doi:10.31219/osf.io/pxbds

Determining the form of leadership that best ‘fits’ for practice in youth mentoring

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Entrepreneurial potential and intentions of students in Kosovo and Metohija

Stojčetović, B., Marković, S., & Arsić, L. (2022) · Bizinfo Blace · doi:10.5937/bizinfo2201081s

GR-IDEA: An Innovative Model of Mentoring in Adult Education

Koutsoukos, M. (2022) · Education Quarterly Reviews · doi:10.31014/aior.1993.05.03.540

EFFECTS OF PEER MENTORING ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF FIRST-YEAR ACCOUNTING STUDENTS

Mokhampanyane, M. C. (2022) · International Conference on Advances in Education (ADVED) · doi:10.47696/adved.202232

Personal Reflections and Effective Coping Mechanisms When Transitioning to Higher Education

Lubin, R. A., Freibaum, J., Michaels, S. E., Hersch, T., & Miller, E. M. (2023) · Advances in higher education and professional development book series · doi:10.4018/978-1-6684-6961-3.ch020

Language ideologies and racialization of language: multilingual learners' experiences in the first year in a community college.

Sivira-Gonzalez, Y. (2022) · doi:10.18297/etd/4022

Connections and Signals

Niman, N. B., & Chagnon, J. R. (2023) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-33910-3_5

Student Digipreneur: The Role of Peer Team-Based Learning and Project-Based Learning

Santoso, J. T. B., & Nurkhin, A. (2022) · Dinamika Pendidikan · doi:10.15294/dp.v17i2.39902

Pre-service Teachers’ Motivations to Participate in the Near-Peer Mentoring Program

Kara-Zorluoglu, D., Özdinç, İ., Karga, B., & Ceyhan, G. D. (2023) · Sakarya University Journal of Education · doi:10.19126/suje.1335650

Trends and Features of Peer Mentoring in Higher Education

Wang, Z. (2026) · Teachers Work · doi:10.24135/teacherswork.v23i1.698

Peer Mentoring Styles and Their Contribution to Academic Success Among Mentees: A Person-Oriented Study in Higher Education

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Evaluating a Psychology Graduate Student Peer Mentoring Program

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Peer mentoring program as a student support tool: a conceptual approach

Narayan, J. J., & Sharma, S. (2016) · Cited by 2

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