Assessing Leadership and Retention Programs: Preliminary Insights From an Action Research Project

Taylor, Leonard; Urgo, Ricky; Mize, M. D.; Yarbrough, LaTecia

doi:10.1080/19496591.2021.1885422

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“…Given that NPM is grounded in the idea that near‐peer relationships are collaborative, requiring active participation from both mentors and mentees, it is curious that more scholars have not studied the reciprocal outcomes associated with near‐peer mentorship (Trujillo et al, 2015). This may be due to the penchant for education administrators to overlook the academic contributions of non‐faculty educators (Lee et al, 2018; Taylor et al, 2022).…”

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Give and gain: Black engineering students as near‐peer mentors

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Mastrogiovanni

Lakin

et al. 2023

J of Engineering Edu

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Background: Engineering-oriented bridge programs and camps are popular strategies for broadening participation. The students who often serve as counselors and mentors in these programs are integral to their success.Purpose: Predicated on the belief that mentoring contributes to positive outcomes for the mentors themselves, we sought to understand how undergraduate student mentors approached and experienced their work with a 6-day overnight, NSF-sponsored youth engineering camp (YEC). This study was guided by the question: How did YEC camp counselors approach and experience their roles as mentors? Design/Methods: We conducted an exploratory qualitative study of four Black undergraduate engineering students' experiences with and approaches to nearpeer mentorship in the YEC program. Data consisted of transcripts from two postprogram interviews and one written reflection from each participant. We analyzed data through abductive coding and the funds of knowledge framework. Results: Through subsequent interpretation of code categories, we found YEC mentors: (1) engaged in altruistic motivations as YEC mentors, (2) leveraged previous experiences to guide their approaches to mentorship, and (3) engaged in self-directed learning and development.Conclusions: This study highlights the knowledge and strategies that YEC mentors drew upon in their roles, and how they sought and achieved various personal, academic, and professional benefits. Insights from this study illustrate how near-peer mentors can support their and others' engineering aspirations.

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Section: Near‐peer Mentoring Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Give and gain: Black engineering students as near‐peer mentors

Taylor

Mastrogiovanni

Lakin

et al. 2023

J of Engineering Edu

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“…It will make employees more courageous to change and accept challenges. It depends on each other for leadership and promotes continuous improvement [10][11][12][13][14].…”

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confidence: 99%