The Mentorship Blog

I recently returned from two impactful conferences—the ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, a premier...

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are vital launchpads for social mobility,...

Mentorship has the potential to transform student success at every stage of the learning...

Welcoming Megan Ganguly as Chief Marketing and Operations Officer to Drive Our Expansion

...

As we navigate a rapidly changing landscape, our mission to empower ALL individuals to reach their...

At Mentor Collective, we know that mentorship changes lives—and we help institutions build strong,...

Mentor Collective is thrilled to support six exceptional Association of Public and Land-grant...

Institutions recognize that career readiness is critical to student success. The University of...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

APLU Launches $1.3M MAPSS Initiative, Selects Mentor Collective to Provide

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University (NC A&T) has honed a culturally responsive...

For universities nationwide, student stop-out—or withdrawal from enrollment—is a barrier that...

What does it mean to belong on campus?For some students, it will look like achieving exemplary...

BOSTON, Mass. (April 16, 2024) Mentor Collective, higher education’s preferred edtech platform for...

For first-year students, a sense of belonging is crucial to starting their educational journey...

BOSTON, Mass. (April 2, 2024) Mentor Collective, higher education’s preferred edtech platform for...

BOSTON, Mass. (February 21, 2024) Mentor Collective, higher education’s preferred edtech platform...

A proud first-generation student, Erin Mayhood's journey to CEO uplifts a critical shift in higher...

Most years, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form is released online in...

In Part 1 of this series, we compared cultivating a sense of belonging to finding your way around a...

With historical underfunding, high staff turnover, and a rising culture that deprioritizes going to...

“Make yourself at home!”  We say this often to folks as they enter the space we call home, and...

At Mentor Collective, we believe the secret to student and professional success is relationships....

The Strada Education Foundation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Initiative ...

After creating over 200,000 relevant mentorships, here’s what we’ve learned: When mentors and...

When Congress passed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Simplification Act, it...

To boost student retention and student success, institutions across the country have identified...

BOSTON, Mass. (Nov. 29, 2023) Mentor Collective – higher education’s preferred peer mentorship...

At Mentor Collective, we believe the secret to student and professional success is relationships....

Online degree pathways continue to gain popularity and public favor while other areas of higher...

When you apply for a job, the hiring manager may only look at your resume for 10 seconds or less....

Universities and Colleges Spend Billions on Under-Used Services

Universities and colleges spend...

BOSTON, Mass. (September 5, 2023) — Mentor Collective – the leading ed-tech provider committed to...

Higher education leaders are increasingly evaluated by their ability to move the needle on student...

Two-thirds of colleges and universities are adding new online programs in an effort to meet growing...

We’re pleased to announce the release of a major new dashboard feature: mentee goals. The...

Dr. Emmanuel Collins, Dean of the J.B. Speed School of Engineering, sees himself in the students of...

At Mentor Collective, we believe the secret to effective networking is paying it forward....

At Mentor Collective, we believe the secret to effective networking is paying it forward....

“In the best conversations, you don't even remember what you talked about, only how it felt." -...

BOSTON, Mass. (April 10, 2023) — Mentor Collective – the leading edtech provider committed to...

For Mae Jemison, the inspiration was largely fictional.

When the first African-American woman in...

The dedicated Career Services team at St. John’s University in Queens, New York has never...

We're excited to announce we have expanded our full student lifecycle mentoring platform to provide...

The COVID-19 vaccine rollout earlier this year prompted many institutions to begin making plans for...

Like many institutions and Mentor Collective partners around the country, the University of...

How can higher education leaders support students in 2020-2021? 

On Wednesday, June 17, 2020,...

On May 19^th, Mentor Collective hosted a roundtable discussion with an esteemed panel of...

In universities across the country, administrators have identified a gap between institutional...

During our first fireside chat, we had the opportunity to gain insights from Dr. Jennifer Brown,...

How can data improve the reach and efficacy of student success programs? This question was the...

For Onondaga Community College (OCC), student engagement equals student success. 

Leaders at OCC...

At Mentor Collective, we believe the secret to student and professional success is relationships....

Higher education in Florida is an ever-changing landscape in the sunshine state. Championing its...

Engagement takes student success programs from helpful to indispensable. Without engaged...

One of the most useful tools that Mentor Collective’s program offers in the mentoring relationship...

The Surgeon General announced last March that the US is facing a Loneliness Epidemic. About 1 in 2...

Student Success has come to mean a variety of different things. A favorable contender for a...

The NASPA Annual Conference is one of our favorite times of year. Something about standing in front...

Sense of belonging is the hot topic in higher education right now. 

Strayhorn (2012) pioneered some...

Each year, Mentor Collective enables student success by building a culture of mentorship on...

Mentor Collective has the best partners in Higher Education. At Mentor Collective, we’ve spent the...

While we may be biased, Mentor Collective has the best partners in Higher Education. Mentor...

Mentor Collective has the best partners in Higher Education. Mentor Collective partners are...

This is a repost of Mentor Collective's 2022 Partner Appreciation Week Celebration

Mentor...

Mentor Collective has the best partners in Higher Education. Mentor Collective partners are...

At Mentor Collective, our mission is to make life-changing relationships a feature of every...

At Mentor Collective, we believe the secret to effective networking is paying it forward....

A key measurement of student success is how they navigate the path from higher ed to employment. To...

To mitigate declining enrollment numbers, higher education institutions are working hard to...

What’s the difference between a friend and a mentor? Is it possible to distinguish two separate...

Peer mentorship is a powerful tool in today's higher education landscape. More in touch with the...

At Onondaga Community College (OCC), student success is everyone’s job. And that’s not just a...

At Mentor Collective, we believe the secret to effective networking is paying it forward....

With most college enrollments still struggling to retain pre-COVID levels, the often-overlooked...

The college admissions process is notoriously confusing. And for many students—especially those who...

Located about 45 miles east of Los Angeles, University of California, Riverside educates one of the...

The University of West Florida (UWF) believes in the power of higher education to drive change,...

Feeling a sense of belonging at one’s college or university is strongly connected to a host of...

In a positive trend, graduate enrollment has grown by 4.9 percent since 2019—a major win...

In a post-pandemic landscape, higher education institutions of all kinds are struggling to regain...

“Wellbeing” is perhaps one of the most ambiguous terms in higher education and is often the center...

The headline says it all: According to a recent survey from Inside Higher Ed, College Pulse and...

With the economic and social disruption of the pandemic, graduate student populations around the...

File this under peculiar pandemic outcomes: more and more institutions (at least for now) no longer...

Like many Mentor Collective partners around the country, Central Michigan University (CMU) entered...

Peer mentorship has been increasingly embraced as a high-impact practice in higher education...

Critical to the success of the Mentor Collective platform and programs is the team of professionals...

Like many Mentor Collective partners around the country, Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) entered the...

When talking of mentorship, we often think of an undergraduate university or corporate setting. At...

Peer mentorship has been increasingly embraced as a high-impact practice in higher education...

For many students, college acceptance does not equate to college enrollment (Arnold et al., 2009)....

The COVID-19 pandemic has led institutions of higher education across the nation to reconsider...

Indiana University South Bend (IUSB) is the third-largest campus in the Indiana University...

On May 28, 2020, Mentor Collective was pleased to host a webinar with Dr. Farrah-Marie Gomes, Vice...

The mission of the Student Access and Success office at Lehigh University is to expand access for...