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Postdoctoral Research Associate Position with the National Mentoring Resource Center

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POSITION DESCRIPTION: A full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate position with an immediate (earliest feasible) start date is available to provide assistance with evidence translation and dissemination for the newly established and Federally-funded National Mentoring Resource Center. The postdoctoral research associate will work under the Research Director for the Center, Dr. David DuBois, at the Institute for […]

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Changes to Key Numbers in “The Mentoring Effect” Report

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by David DuBois This report as originally issued (Bruce & Bridgeland, 2014, see URL to current version of report below) included the conclusion that an estimated 4.5 million at-risk young people (ages 8-18) are currently in mentoring relationships. It turns out that this conclusion (as well as analogous ones made for not at risk youth, […]

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What is Your Evidence-Based Mentoring IQ? The Winner is…

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by David DuBois I apologize for the delay in following up on my “evidence-based mentoring IQ” posting from May. I appreciate the time (and courage!) of all who took the time to try their hand at the quiz. The winner of the free copy of the new Handbook of Youth Mentoring (2nd edition) is F. […]

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What is Your Evidence-Based Mentoring IQ?

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by David DuBois   With the ever-growing volume of research on youth mentoring (Blakeslee & Keller, 2012), it is a formidable task for even the most evidence-minded practitioner, policy-maker, or funder to keep up with the latest findings. Resources and events such as this website, the Summer Institute on Youth Mentoring at Portland State University, […]

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David DuBois

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David DuBois serves as the Evidence Editor and will write and oversee the Chronicle’s new Evidence Corner. The Evidence Corner will serve as David’s platform to cover issues related to program evaluation and the interpretation and application of evaluation and research findings. David brings a strong foundation for this analytic role. He is a Professor […]

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Evidence Corner: Looking for Evidence in All the Right Places

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by David DuBois I am very pleased and honored to have the opportunity to contribute to the Chronicle of Evidence-Based Mentoring as the editor of the site’s Evidence Corner. I look forward, in the months to come, to sharing and dialogue regarding the evidence base on a wide range of topics that is evolving in […]

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