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- Title
"How Do You Advance Here? How do You Survive?" An Exploration of Under-Represented Minority Faculty Perceptions of Mentoring Modalities.
- Authors
Espino, Michelle M.; Zambrana, Ruth E.
- Abstract
Abstract This article contrasts perceptions among 58 under-represented minority (URM) faculty employed at U.S. research-extensive universities who reported an absence of mentoring or experienced informal or formal mentoring modalities. Key findings reveal a mentoring glass ceiling that affects URM faculty career paths: an absence of mentoring can lead to significant career miscalculations; well-intentioned mentors can devalue faculty scholarship; lack of senior faculty accountability for observed disengagement from faculty career development; and inadequate mentorship often limits access to social networks and collaborative research opportunities. Recommendations are offered for developing effective formal mentoring initiatives that reflect an institutional investment in early-career URM faculty.
- Subjects
MINORITY college teachers; MENTORING in education; MENTORING in the professions; MINORITY scholarships; TEACHING scholarships &; fellowships; PSYCHOLOGICAL disengagement; CAREER development; SOCIAL networks
- Publication
Review of Higher Education, 2019, Vol 42, Issue 2, p457
- ISSN
0162-5748
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/rhe.2019.0003