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Voss, Nathaniel M.; Kirkpatrick, Kimberly – Advances in Physiology Education, 2021
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) mandates that its Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) and Institutional Development Award Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) institute formal mentoring programs to promote the core program objective of junior investigator development. Despite this NIGMS…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Biomedicine, Mentors, Program Evaluation
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Gabor, Elena – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2011
This qualitative study investigated the vocational socialization turning points in families of classical musicians. I sampled and interviewed 20 parent-child dyads, for a total of 46 interviews. Data analysis revealed that classical musicians' experiences were marked by 11 turning points that affected their identification with the occupation:…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Socialization, Mentors, Musicians
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Ghouse, Nikhat; Church-Duran, Jennifer – Portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2008
This article discusses the evolutionary development of a mentoring program that began as a support for pre-tenure librarians and grew to encompass all staff at the University of Kansas Libraries (KU Libraries). Incorporated in this discussion are the trials and successes of a nascent program that has particular emphasis on creating a structure to…
Descriptors: Mentors, Academic Libraries, Librarians, State Universities
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Levin, Eve – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2008
Under the auspices of the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate (CID), the Department of History at the University of Kansas recast its doctoral program to emphasize career preparation. Its creative approach has earned the department national visibility. In this article, the author describes how the department came to reenvision graduate education,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, History Instruction, Educational Change, Career Development
National Council on Teacher Quality, 2011
For five years running, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) has tracked states' teacher policies, preparing a detailed and thorough compendium of teacher policy in the United States on topics related to teacher preparation, licensure, evaluation, career advancement, tenure, compensation, pensions and dismissal. The 2011 State Teacher…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers
Ryan, M. Colleen; Friedman, Paul G. – 1983
Exchanges within the mentor-protege relationship, the effect of age and gender on that relationship, and the effect of that relationship on career progress and subsequent mentoring behavior are here studied for the first time in the context of a state government agency. Twenty-five males and 25 females were selected randomly from among 250…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Adults, Career Development, Females