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Dory DeWeese; Jocelyn Elizabeth Nardo; Isaac Applebaum; Sameer Sundrani; Amir Zur; Robert M. Waymouth; Jennifer Kathleen Schwartz Poehlmann; Shima Salehi – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
The retention disparities in undergraduate degree attainment are a persistent problem within the United States, especially for Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), first-generation and low-income students, and women (referred to as marginalized groups in STEM [MGS] hereafter) pursuing STEM degrees. The following exploratory article…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Mentors, Learning Readiness, Undergraduate Students
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José Hanham – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2025
This article introduces the voices of Indigenous mentors, which have been overlooked in mentoring research. This study addressed how mentors understood their role in nurturing student competence, connection, and agency; key ingredients of self-determination. Indigenous mentors participated in conversational interviews, which were examined from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Mentors, Indigenous Populations
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Claudia Cornejo Happel; Amy Cicchino – Journal of Faculty Development, 2023
This article explores the role of Centers for Teaching and Learning (CTL) in providing peer mentorship for new faculty. The Peer Network program (PN) pilot aims to foster a sense of belonging, deepen relationships with CTL, support effective teaching, encourage empathy for students, celebrate successes, and affirm experiences. The study…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Development, Teacher Participation, Peer Relationship
Brittany M. Davis – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this instrumental case study was to examine the experiences of international graduate students as they participated in a peer mentor circle (PMC) program that aimed to ease their transitions and foster sense of belonging. International graduate students provide many financial, educational, and social benefits to American…
Descriptors: Mentors, Peer Relationship, Foreign Students, Graduate Students
Zujaila Mizar Ornelas – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Despite the increase in enrollment of first-generation college students at four-year institutions, this student population was more than twice as likely to drop out before their sophomore year compared to their non-first-generation peers. Specifically, a subgroup of first-generation college students that has been identified as greatly…
Descriptors: Higher Education, First Generation College Students, Seasonal Laborers, Migrant Workers
Xi Chen – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Higher education institutions are facing a major challenge in retaining 1st-year college students and engaging them in meaningful activities and programs to promote their sense of belonging (Strayhorn, 2012; Astin, 1993). Though a few belonging intervention practices have been studied (Perrell, 2018; Peck, 2011), there is a lack of understanding…
Descriptors: Sense of Belonging, Outcomes of Education, Educational Practices, Higher Education