Preparing to Move Beyond the Conventional: Purposefully Advancing Faculty Mentoring in Higher Education

• In Event: Marriott Roundtable Session 74
  In Roundtable Session: Improving Approaches to Faculty Mentoring and Development

Abstract

The conventional approach to faculty mentorship, which involves pairing one mentor with one mentee, is often of variable quality and typically focuses narrowly on the pre-tenure period of the career. This study explores the perceived effectiveness of this conventional approach to mentoring at one Midwestern, public, research-intensive university. We also examine the situated potential for implementing a new, institution-wide networking mentorship model. The results raise important questions for mentors, mentees and institutional leaders seeking to better support faculty across the career course.

Authors

• Jennifer C. Ng, The University of Kansas

• Shannon Portillo, University of Kansas

• Lisa E. Wolf-Wendel, The University of Kansas