Mentor Recruitment and Retention

These articles explore strategies for recruiting and retaining volunteers.

Mentoring Helps Middle Schoolers, But Outcomes Vary by Program Design

Hart, M. J., & DiGiacomo, G. A. (2026). Middle marvels: A…

New Study Pinpoints Why Parents Matter for Mentor Persistence

Werntz, A., Jasman, M., Cherry, J., Borer, A., Johnston, A.,…

New Study Highlights What Sustains Mentoring Over Time

Templeton, N. R., Abdelrahman, N., Kannan, S., Muhayimana, T.,…

Turning Evidence into Action: New Insights Bridge the Research-Practice Gap

Griffith, A. N., Pryce, J., DuBois, D. L., Brezina, T., Stewart,…

Seeds of doubt: How the source of mentorship initiation influences mentoring expectations

Jean Rhodes A substantial body of research, including meta-analyses,…
FORUM: Mentoring relationships as a context for service delivery: What do you think? - Chronicle of Evidence-Based Mentoring

New study highlights five key characteristics of successful workplace mentors

Deng, C., & Turner, N. (2024). Identifying key mentor characteristics…

How help-seeking interventions can close the achievement gap

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Parnes, M. F., Kanchewa, S. S., Marks, A. K., & Schwartz,…

What’s in it for me/you?: New study explores how motives shape mentoring

Liu, Y., Abi Aad, A., Maalouf, J., & Abou Hamdan, O. (2021).…

How to Mentor More People — and Not Get Burned Out

By Kavitha Ranganathan and Michael Englesbe, Reprinted from…