Developing effective student peer mentoring programs : a practitioner's guide to program design, delivery, evaluation and training / Peter J. Collier

Author:: Collier, Peter J. (Peter John), 1947-
Published:: Sterling, Virginia : Stylus Publishing, [2015]
Physical Description:: xxii, 370 pages ; 24 cm

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Contents:

Foreword / Nora Domínguez -- What is peer mentoring, and how is it used higher education? -- How can peer mentoring help address the crisis of college students not completing their degrees? -- What are the important adjustment issues college students must address to persist at college and complete their degrees? -- How can peer mentoring help college students address specific adjustment issues and have a positive impact on persistence and degree completion? -- Retention through an academic mentoring program / Vynessa Ortiz and Mary Virnoche, Humboldt State University -- What design issues must you consider in setting up a peer mentoring program? -- Students first mentoring program / Peter J. Collier, Portland State University -- How will you deliver mentoring support and services? -- Transfer connections program / Phil Larsen, Lydia Middleton, and Adam Baker, University of Michigan -- What content materials will you share with mentees? -- VETS to VETS program / Elizabeth Erickson, Sacramento State University -- How are you going to train your peer mentors? -- The project for New Mexico graduates of color and integrity in graduate training / William L. Gannon, Stephanie Sanchez, and Felipe Amaral, University of New Mexico -- How will you evaluate the impact of your peer mentoring program? -- The international student mentoring program / Paul Braun and Jill Townley, Portland State University -- How will you care for and maintain your peer mentoring program?

Summary:

This is a comprehensive resource for creating, refining and sustaining effective student peer mentoring programs. While providing a blueprint for successfully designing programs for a wide range of audiences - from freshmen to doctoral students - it also offers specific guidance on developing programs targeting three large groups of under-served students: first-generation students, international students and student veterans. This book is primarily intended as a resource for student affairs professionals and program coordinators who are developing new peer-mentoring programs or considering refining existing ones. It may also serve as a text in courses designed to train future peer mentors and leaders.

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ISBN:

9781620360750 (cloth ; alk. paper)
1620360756 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9781620360767 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
1620360764 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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