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Mentoring and Undergraduate Academic Success: A Literature Review

Jacobi, Maryann·1991·Review of Educational Research
DOI 10.3102/00346543061004505
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Despite a growing body of research about mentoring, definitional, theoretical, and methodological deficiencies reduce the usefulness of existing research. This article provides a critical review of the literature on mentoring, with an emphasis on the links between mentoring and undergraduate academic success. The first section describes a variety of ways in which mentoring has been defined within higher education, management, and psychology. Issues related to developing a standard operational definition of mentoring within higher education are discussed. The second section provides a critical review of empirical research about mentoring and undergraduate education. The third section describes four different theoretical perspectives that could be used in future research about mentoring. Finally, future directions for research, including methodological issues and substantive concerns, are addressed.

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Authors
Jacobi, M.
Affiliations
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Corresponding author
Jacobi, Maryann
Venue
Review of Educational Research
Publisher
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Published
1991-12
Volume
61
Issue
4
Pages
505-532
ISSN
  • 0034-6543 (ISSN-L)
  • 1935-1046
DOI
10.3102/00346543061004505
OpenAlex
W2121484490
Cited by
1,392
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FWCI
14.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
Review of Educational Research (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Mentoring and Academic Development
  • Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Career Development and Diversity
Keywords
mentoring, higher education, academic performance

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