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Successful STEM mentoring initiatives for underrepresented students : a research-based guide for faculty and administrators / Becky Wai-Ling Packard ; foreword by Norman L. Fortenberry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Packard, Becky Wai-Ling, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mentoring in science--United States.
- Mentoring in science.
- Science--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
- Science.
- Minorities in science--United States.
- Minorities in science.
- Women in science--United States.
- Women in science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (163 pages) : illustrations, tables
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sterling, Virginia : Stylus, 2016.
- Summary:
- Successful STEM Mentoring Initiatives for Underrepresented College Students is a step-by-step, research-based guide for higher education faculty and administrators who are charged with designing mentoring programs to recruit and retain students from underrepresented groups.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Endorsements
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- FOREWORD
- INTRODUCTION
- Why Do We Need to Recruit Students Into STEM and Help Them Persist?
- Why Is Diversity in STEM Valuable?
- Why Is Mentoring a Worthy Investment for STEM Departments?
- What Will You Gain From This Book?
- Notes
- 1. MAP THE LANDSCAPE, CHOOSE A FOCUS
- Map the Landscape Using the Ecological Model
- Primary Factors Influencing Persistence: Obstacles and Opportunities
- Capacity
- Interest
- Belongingness
- The Big Picture: The Learning Environment and Departmental Climate
- Reader Next Steps: Choose a Focus
- 2. MENTORING WITH INTENTION What's Your Strategy?
- Intentional Mentoring
- Approaches to Mentoring
- Events
- Programs
- Practices
- Policies
- Making Decisions: Intensity and Selectivity
- Start Small With a Pilot
- Reader Next Steps: Create a Road Map
- 3. WHAT WORKS (AND WHY) DURING THE TRANSITION TO COLLEGE
- What Works and Why
- Spotlight: STEM Scholar Mentoring Programs
- Initiative Highlights
- Improving the Departmental Climate for New Students
- Case Study: Bill Gomez
- Step 1: Understand the Factors
- Step 2: Choose a Mentoring Strategy
- Step 3: Does This Plan Make Sense?
- Step 4: Start Small With a Pilot, and Track Progress
- Reader Next Steps: Explore Your Options During the Transition to College
- 4. WHAT WORKS (AND WHY) DURING THE TRANSITION TO A STEM MAJOR
- Spotlight: STEM Summer Research Mentoring Programs
- Improving Departmental Climate for Prospective and Current Majors
- Case Study: Susan Mason
- Step 4: Start Small With a Pilot, and Track Progress.
- Reader Next Steps: Explore Your Options During the Transition to a STEM Major
- 5. WHAT WORKS (AND WHY) DURING THE TRANSITION TO THE WORKPLACE OR GRADUATE STUDIES
- Spotlight: Four Professional Mentoring Programs
- Improving Departmental Climate for Upper-Level Students
- Case Study: Mark Sanderson
- Reader Next Steps: Explore Your Options During the Transition to the Workplace or Graduate Studies
- 6. DIFFICULT MENTORING MOMENTS Framing Messages to Improve Impact
- Why Some Mentoring Moments Are Difficult
- Message 1: "You Don't Have What It Takes.
- Message 2: "I'm Amazing. Be Like Me.
- Message 3: "No, I Can't Help You.
- Message 4: "[Silence.] I Hope You Didn't Notice That.
- The Benefits of Mentor Orientation Sessions and Practice
- Reader Next Steps: Invest in Conversations About Difficult Mentoring Moments
- 7. CONVERSATIONS AMONG COLLEAGUES Departmental Climate as a Collective Project
- Changing Climate, One Conversation at a Time
- Representation and Departmental Hiring Processes
- Departmental Reputation for Teaching and Advising
- Alignment of Resources With Commitments
- Track Your Progress
- Reader Next Steps: Plan Your Department Conversation
- CONCLUSION
- Start Small
- The Tipping Point
- Who Do You Want to Be?
- Reader Next Steps: Summarize What You Have Learned
- Note
- RESOURCES
- Professional Organizations and Consortia
- Statistics, Strategies, and Tool Kits
- Recommended Books and Reports
- Teaching, Learning, and Motivation
- Implicit Bias, Hiring, and Diversity
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-00-344724-4
- 1-000-97623-8
- 1-003-44724-4
- 1-62036-297-X
- 9781003447245
- OCLC:
- 945609881
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