Entries by Jean Rhodes

An important new meta-analytic review of youth mentoring programs

October 15, 2013 /1 Comment/in , , /by

Delinquency expert Patrick Tolan and his colleagues (Tolan, Henry, Schoeny, Bass, Lovegrove, & Nichols, 2013) recently took stock of the mentoring literature and its effects on delinquency (i.e., arrests and convictions), as well as indicators associated with delinquency (i.e., academic outcomes, aggression, drug use). Their comprehensive review extended previous meta-analyses by: systematically exploring how variations in program […]

Matching by Race and Gender in STEM-based Mentoring Relationships

October 15, 2013 /4 Comments/in , , /by

Blake-Beard, S. (2011)., Matching by Race and Gender in Mentoring Relationships: Keeping our Eyes on the Prize.  Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 67, No. 3, 2011, pp. 622–643 Dr. Stacy Blake-Beard, whose work focuses on college and graduate student mentoring, opens her piece by noting that it is often difficult to pinpoint all the factors that […]

Nationwide Effort to Recruit Male Mentors for 12,000 African American Boys

October 13, 2013 /0 Comments/in , /by

from PRNewswire ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — When renowned radio personality Michael Baisden posted “A real man takes care of his kids no matter what the relationship is with the mother of the child,” on his Facebook page, he never anticipated the over nine million views or one million plus likes and comments he received as feedback! The […]

Study finds mentoring key to influencing pupils to apply to University

October 11, 2013 /0 Comments/in , , /by

(Phys.org, reprinted) —Appropriately-timed student mentoring schemes can have a large and substantiate effect on influencing secondary pupils from disadvantaged areas apply to university. These are the findings of a pilot study, published today, that tested the impact and delivery of mentoring on pupils’ intentions to apply to university. The Economic and Social Research Council [ESRC]-funded […]

Alice Munro, transference, and mentoring relationships

October 7, 2013 /0 Comments/in , , , /by

In the wake of Alice Munro winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, we are re-posting an earlier piece on how her role modeling and kindness affected one young author. This piece also delves into the issue of transference, which we have discussed in previous posts.  by Jean Rhodes Transference is a “a jargony way to […]

10/17 webinar on group mentoring

October 5, 2013 /0 Comments/in , , , /by

Group Mentoring: Bridging Research and Effective Practice Thursday, October 17, 2013 10:00-11:15 AM Pacific/ 11:00-12:15 PM Mountain/ 12:00-1:15 PM Central/1:00-2:15 PM Eastern Group mentoring is an increasingly popular strategy for providing positive relationships and activities to youth in need. In fact, over 20% of youth mentoring programs offer some form of group mentoring, while a […]

What is connected learning?: Implications for mentoring

September 25, 2013 /1 Comment/in , , /by

by Sarah Schwartz, Ph.D.,Postdoctoral Fellow, MacArthur Foundation, Connected Learning Research Network.  Connected learning is a framework developed to understand and support learning in current social, economic, technological, and cultural contexts (Ito et al., 2013). In a society where existing educational pathways no longer guarantee opportunity, and with a growing gap between the haves and the […]

★ Professor Nichole Pinkard

September 22, 2013 /0 Comments/in , , /by

Rethinking Mentorship, Learning Pathways in a Networked Age A Few Moments with Nichole Pinkard, Visiting Associate Professor in the College of Computing and Digital Media at DePaul University from the Digital Media and Youth Hub   As founder of the Digital Youth Network, a digital literacy program for Chicago youth that incorporates both in-school and […]