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Mentoring 08 20 2009 Pres Yust
Mentoring 08 20 2009 Pres Yust
Program
§ Definitions of mentoring
§ Research on mentoring:
– Research-productive departments (Carol Bland et al.)
– Mentoring of junior faculty at the UM (President’s
Emerging Leadership program project, Douah et
al.)
– Additional research (Girves et al.; Johnson et al.)
§ Mentoring in Design, Housing, and Apparel:
– Why we mentor
– Why we changed our mentor process and how we do
in now
– Impacts of mentoring
Origination of mentoring
negative perspective
“. . . mentoring can be affected by
departmental politics. For example, the
mentoring relationship may serve to
enhance existing conflicts or strife among
faculty by creating cliques, loyalties or
alliances within the department.”
PEL recommendations for UM
departments to enhance
mentoring of junior faculty:
§ Department head training should include
an overview of strategies and best
practices for faculty mentoring.
§ Departments should explicitly define what
role mentoring plays in the tenure
process.
Recommendations from
research
(Girves et al.)
§ Systematic or structured mentoring works
much better than spontaneous or natural
mentoring.
§ Structured programs are more likely to
involve people who are normally left out
of the mentoring process.
Importance of formal program (Girves
et al.)