Developing Effective Student Peer Mentoring Programs: A Practitioner's Guide to Program Design, Delivery, Evaluation, and Training (Hardcover)

Foreword
Nora Domínguez

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part One: What is Peer Mentoring, and Why Does It Work to Promote Student Success?

1) What is peer mentoring, and how is it used in higher education?

2) How can peer mentoring help address the crisis of college students not completing their degrees?

3) What are the important adjustment issues college students must address to persist at college and complete their degrees?

4) How can peer mentoring help college students address specific adjustment issues and have a positive impact on persistence and degree completion?

Part Two: What Are the Nuts and Bolts of Developing a College Student Peer Mentoring Program?

Vignette 1: High School to College Transition-Focused Program: Retention Through an Academic Mentoring Program

5) What design issues must you consider in setting up a peer-mentoring program?

Vignette 2: First-Generation Student-Focused Program: Students First Mentoring Program

6) How will you deliver mentoring support and services?

Vignette 3: Transfer Student-Focused Program: Transfer Connections Program

7) What content materials will you share with mentees?

Vignette4: Student Veteran-Focused Program: VETS to VETS Program

8) How are you going to train your peer mentors?

Vignette 5: Undergraduate to Graduate School Transition-Focused Program: The Project for New Mexico Graduates of Color and Integrity in Graduate Training

9) How will you evaluate the impact of your peer mentoring program?

Vignette 6: International Student-Focused Program: The International Student Mentoring Program

10) How will you care for and maintain your peer-mentoring program?

References

Index