ERIC Number: EJ1170434
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1361-1267
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Examining the Value of Mentoring and Men of Color Staff Members of a Community College
Torrens, Omar D.; Salinas, Cristobal, Jr.; Floyd, Deborah L.
Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, v25 n5 p509-527 2017
As higher education continues to experience a shift in demographics commiserate with the United States population, colleges and universities are making more concerted efforts to recruit men of color as staff, administrators, and faculty to reflect their diversified student bodies. One way to retain men of color staff members is to provide mentoring programs. While there are authors who are examining the benefits of mentoring, there has been little research into how men of color staff members of community college experience mentoring as a mentee and as a mentor. In this study we sought to understand how do men of color experience mentoring, both as mentor to undergraduate men of color and as staff mentees at a community college. The findings of our study include three common themes: investments made by mentors, investing in mentees, and support from administration.
Descriptors: Mentors, Males, Community Colleges, Minority Group Teachers, Diversity (Faculty), College Faculty, Two Year College Students, Undergraduate Students, Phenomenology, Qualitative Research, Focus Groups, Interviews, Student Attitudes, College Environment
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Florida
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