Mentoring at Minority-Serving Institutions

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Author(s): John Bannister (Johnson C. Smith University, USA)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 14
Source title: Competency-Based and Social-Situational Approaches for Facilitating Learning in Higher Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Gabriele I.E. Strohschen (DePaul University, USA)and Kim Lewis (DePaul University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8488-9.ch005

Keywords: Adult Learning / Education / Higher Education / Information Science Reference

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This chapter highlights mentorship strategies of a southeastern Historically Black College and University (HBCU) adult degree program. In serving the nontraditional student population of this Black university, the institutions have cultivated strategies used to mentor and motivate adult students to achieve successful outcomes. Some of these strategies are built around activities and organizations designed to include adult students while other measures can be contributed to the development of the family like atmosphere that the college provides nontraditional students on campus and virtually. These insights were gathered from the experiences of current and previous students of the program as well as faculty and administrators through informal interviews and observation. This work will first address the literature on mentoring adult learners, highlight the strategies that were used to develop the college's approach to adult mentorship, and share examples. The chapter will close with recommendations and insights on how our approach could be replicated at other minority-serving institutions (MSIs).

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