Mentoring Practice

Here we provide the latest science of different approaches to mentoring practice, from how to encourage engagement to managing closures —and everything in between.

Want to get the most from a college internship? Add a mentor.

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David Orenstein, Brown University College students who do…

A conversation with Dr. Belle Liang: The intersection of positive female youth development and mentoring

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Written by Sam Burton Dr. Belle Liang is an Associate Professor…

Two new findings (and a surprise) about working with more challenging mentees

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By Jean Rhodes and Elizabeth Raposa In case you missed…

Teens get them talking: The results of an evaluation of the Teens and Toddlers program

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Humphrey, K. & Olivier, A. (2014). Investigating the impact…

Do Mentees Just Wanna Have Fun?

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by David DuBois Much of my research has been focused on examining…

Can you schedule fun? Implications for Mentors

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Written by Erika Ebsworth-Goold-WUSTL Life moves fast,…

The Next Generation of Evidence-Based Policy

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By Vivian Tseng When we began this blog series, we posited…

Brief Mentoring, Big Effects: Evaluation of a Short-Term, School-Based Mentoring Intervention

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McQuillin, S., Strait, G., Bradley, S., & Ingram A. (2015).…

Why a little loneliness can be protective

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"Loneliness is something we all have, we can all fall into,…

New Research Identifies Relationship Quality as Key to Successful School-Based Mentoring

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Bayer, A., Grossman, J., & DuBois, D. L. (2015). Using…