Studies have shown that mentorship is critical to the career and professional development of
workers, including postsecondary faculty. Evidence from the literature on faculty-to faculty …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand faculty mentoring experiences across
career stages and the influence of mentoring relationship quality on job satisfaction. The …

Purpose This study identifies (1) differences that exist between junior and senior faculty in
their beliefs about the impact of mentoring;(2) interest among tenured and tenure-track …

Studies have shown that mentoring is a viable form of professional development. Faced with
large numbers of retirements and a projected increase in student enrollment, the issues of …

Informal mentoring has long been a means of facilitating the transfer of knowledge, skills,
and experience from senior to junior faculty. Although many continue to benefit from these …

Faculty productivity is crucial for achieving tenure. Research suggests that mentoring during
the tenure journey has positive effects. However, only a few studies link faculty mentoring …

In 2015, Kent State University received the results of our first COACHE (Collaborative on
Academic Careers in Higher Education) survey. The conclusions were clear: our tenure …

Although research on mentor relationships is more than three decades old (Crosby, 1999),
the vast majority of theoretical and methodological advances in this area arise from business …

How do faculty and universities benefit from mentoring, and what sorts of mentoring
programs and policies are most effective? This article reviews existing research on …

This case study features a faculty mentoring program in its early stages of development in a
university research culture. The story is about breaking'new ground in a changing …