Editors Blog

Chronicle editor, Jean Rhodes, offers her perspectives on topics related to mentoring research, practice, and policies.

Teaching to fish: New study highlights the value of building students’ social capital

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By Jean Rhodes A growing number of innovative mentoring…

Overcoming Cognitive Biases to Improve Youth Mentoring

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by Jean Rhodes A range of cognitive biases have shaped our…

Two research-based strategies for building strong connections

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Jean Rhodes Building strong, enduring mentoring relationships…

Who was your favorite mentor? Survey sheds light on youth’s “most meaningful” mentors

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By Jean Rhodes Although many young people have had multiple…

Like compulsive gold miners: Reflecting on five (and counting) new meta-analyses

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By Jean Rhodes My colleagues and I began conducting meta-analyses…

Even older and wiser: Guessing again about how to improve mentoring

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  Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess…

Reflections on a major new evaluation of community-based mentoring

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By Jean Rhodes Mentoring experts Carla Herrera,…

Mentoring and politics: Some resources and expert advice

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by Jean Rhodes Mentors are often instructed to avoid discussing…

How the growth mindset shrank: Lessons for the field of youth mentoring

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By Jean Rhodes In his smart new opinion piece, Stuart…