In response to the mounting national support provided to mentoring programs and initiatives
in higher education, the present article updates a review article written by Jacobi (Rev Educ …

In the research and professional literature, there are at least four lines of inquiry around
mentoring: perceptions of successful mentoring in general, mentoring of doctoral …

This book explores how belonging differs based on students' social identities, such as race,
gender, sexual orientation, or the conditions they encounter on campus. Belonging—with …

This explanatory sequential mixed methods study examined how belonging perceptions,
academic motivation, and engagement might mediate the relationship between academic …

The initiative to increase the number of students in STEM disciplines and train them for a
science-related job is a current national focus. Using longitudinal panel data from a national …

Drawing on Sanford's notions of challenge and support, coupled with Tinto's theory on
retention, this quantitative investigation sought to measure the association between …

The present study estimated the influence of academic and social collegiate experiences on
Latino students' sense of belonging, controlling for background differences, using …

Despite the increase of women earning degrees in STEM fields, there continues to remain a
dearth in the number of women pursuing terminal degrees in mathematics. Additionally …

Abstract Both predominantly White institutions (PWIs) and historically Black colleges and
universities (HBCUs) are experiencing low academic persistence rates of Black males …

Formal mentoring programmes continue to gain popularity in higher education, mirroring
trends in industry. The study described in this article examines the design features of a …