Press Release BOSTON – MENTOR, the unifying champion for the youth mentoring movement, has released the 2024 National Corporate Mentoring Honor Roll. This list recognizes American corporations offering substantial mentoring opportunities to spur young people’s holistic growth. Launched in partnership with First Lady Michelle Obama in 2011, the Honor Roll first challenged companies to support […]
Alia Wong USA TODAY If it weren’t for his mentor, Kevin Villanueva, 19, says he may not have overcome all the necessary hurdles to getting into the prestigious business college of his dreams. His mentor, Cal Mullan, entered his life at just the right time in 2019 – on the eve of the pandemic – […]
Estorcien, V. (2024). Police mentoring of at-risk youth: Case study of police-led mentoring program leadership development. American Review of Public Administration, 54(2), 135-150. https://doi.org/10.1177/02750740231192962 Introduction Estorcien (2024) presents a case study exploring how police officers’ approach to mentoring influences the success of police-led youth mentoring organizations. The study is grounded in social capital theory, which […]
Mader, M., Stoeger, H., Veas, A., & Ziegler, A. (2021). How mentors think about the attainability of mentoring goals: The impact of mentoring type and mentoring context on the anticipated regulatory network and regulatory resources of potential mentors for school mentoring programs. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.737014 Introduction This study investigated how potential mentors perceive […]
Köbis, L., & Mehner, C. (2021). Ethical Questions Raised by AI-Supported Mentoring in Higher Education. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 4, 624050. https://doi.org/10.3389/frai.2021.624050 Background Across universities, AI is being being used for everything from grading essays to providing personalized tutoring. One area where AI could have a profound impact is in mentoring students – those highly […]
by Ron Carucci, Reprinted from Forbes Mentoring matters. This may not seem particularly groundbreaking in and of itself, yet it is still a factor that is all too commonly overlooked by entrepreneurs and other business leaders, particularly those in senior positions. However, as Dr. Ruth Gotian and Andy Lopata argue in Mentoring: A Complete Guide to […]
Vargas-Madriz, L. F., Konishi, C., & Wong, T. K. (2024). A meta-analysis of the association between teacher support and school engagement. Social Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12745 Introduction School engagement, a multifaceted concept involving behavioral, emotional, and cognitive dimensions, is crucial for students’ academic success and overall well-being. Previous research highlights the role of family, peer, and teacher […]
By Emily Hamilton. Reprinted from Axios. WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called today’s youth mental health crisis the “defining public health issue of our time” as more young people battle mental health challenges and increased rates of depression, anxiety and loneliness. Why it matters: Feelings of loneliness and social isolation among young people […]
by Jean Rhodes In the early 1990’s, as an assistant professor, I told an undergraduate that I thought she was so impressive she should consider going into academia. I have no recollection of that random comment, but 15 years later she emailed me to tell me that the moment had somehow helped to crystalize […]
One genetic variant leads to the best and worst outcomes in kids By Wray Herbert (Scientific American) SCIENTIFIC PAPERS tend to be loaded with statistics and jargon, so it is always a delightful surprise to stumble on a nugget of poetry in an otherwise technical report. So it was with a 2005 paper in the journal Development […]
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