Faculty Mentoring Guide

Mentoring has long been known to be a factor that could make or break the success of new faculty. A reference that may be of use to administrators (to help assist in establishing a mentoring program) and new faculty (to see the kind of mentoring that could be available) was brought to my attention today from Bonnie Mullinix on POD listserv.

The source is Mutual Mentoring, which was prepared at UMASS by Mary Deane Sorcinelli and Jung H. Yun. As indicated in the publication, the contents "includes an overview of mentoring in academia; an introduction to network-based mentoring; guidelines for protégés and mentors; suggestions for department chairs; and examples of individual, departmental, and interdisciplinary mentoring partnerships."

The guide is available at: http://www.umass.edu/ofd/mentoring/Mutual%20Mentoring%20Guide%20Final%2011_20.pdf.

As someone who headed up the Faculty Mentoring Network at Purdue, I highly recommend taking the time to review the resource to benefit new faculty.