What is peer mentoring, and why does it work to promote student success? -- What is peer mentoring, and how is it used in higher education? -- How can peer mentoring help address the crisis of college students not completing their degrees? -- What are the important adjustment issues college students must address to persist at college and complete their degrees? -- How can peer mentoring help college students address specific adjustment issues and have a positive impact on persistence and degree completion? -- What are the nuts and bolts of developing a college student peer mentoring program? -- What design issues must you consider in seetting up a peer mentoring program? -- How will you deliver mentoring support and services? -- What content materials will you share with mentees? -- How are you going to train your peer mentors? -- How will you evaluate the impact of our peer mentoring program? -- How will you care for and maintain your peer mentoring program?
Summary
This is a comprehensive resource for creating, refining and sustaining effective student peer mentoring programs. While providing a blueprint for successfully designing programs for a wide range of audiences - from freshmen to doctoral students - it also offers specific guidance on developing programs targeting three large groups of under-served students: first-generation students, international students and student veterans. This book is primarily intended as a resource for student affairs professionals and program coordinators who are developing new peer-mentoring programs or considering refining existing ones. It may also serve as a text in courses designed to train future peer mentors and leaders
