Does peer mentoring increase retention of the mentor?

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Monte, Amy E ^a   Sleeman, Kerri A ^b   Hein, Gretchen L ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Minority; Peer mentoring; Student retention; Women

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING STUDENTS; MENTORING PROGRAMS; MICHIGAN; MINORITY; PEER MENTORING; PERFORMANCE DATA; RETENTION DATA; SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; STUDENT RETENTION; WOMEN;

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS; STUDENTS; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGY;

EDUCATION;

EID: 50049107872     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2007.4417950     Document Type: Conference Paper

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