Special Populations

These articles pertain to specific populations and the models and strategies that are effective when working with them.

Closing the Rural Mental Health Gap: New Findings Support Training Mentors as Prevention Providers

Gunlicks-Stoessel, M., Weiler, L. M., Choy-Brown, M., Rydberg,…

Study Reveals the Limits of Relationship-Based Attendance Interventions

Pierre-Floyd, K. (2026). The impact of check-in/check-out mentoring…

Funding Cuts, Career Fears, and the Mentors Who Navigate It All

Ameling, J., Houchens, N., Quinn, M., Ehrlinger, R., & Saint,…

New Study Finds Peer Mentors Help Student-Parents Stay in STEM

Contreras Aguirre, H. C., & Long, M. (2026). Balancing academics…

New Study Centers First-Generation STEM Students Through Critical Intersectional Mentoring

Torres-García, C., Zamudio-Orozco, L., & Meráz García,…

New Scoping Review on How Mentoring Shapes Educational Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors

Davis, A. L., Koide, J., Simpson, S. B., McQuillin, S., &…
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New Findings Challenge Traditional Mentoring Models by Centering Bicultural Identity

Horváth, G., & Varga, A. (2026). "I can help children who…

Does the experience of mentoring youth affect mentors’ mental health and wellbeing?

Maples, A. E., Weiler, L. M., Moran, M. J., Miller-Chagnon, R.,…

The Gap Between What Colleges Offer and What Students Actually Need: Insights from AACRAO 2026

The Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring at UMass Boston was proud…

Study Shows Faculty Conversations Are What Keep Community College Students on Track

Schudde, L. (2019). Short- and long-term impacts of engagement…