Learn How Higher Education is Using Mentorship to Achieve Student Success

Sept. 24, 2024 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET

Join the University of Michigan-Dearborn to get a step-by-step overview of how they implemented and scaled structured peer mentorship, see initial data about program effectiveness, hear why they prioritized peer mentorship as part of their student success strategy (and why your campus should, too!), and walk away with best practices for building and scaling a culture of mentorship to support student success on your campus.

Hear the top 5 insights we've uncovered from student participation in mentorship programs, and learn how Mentor Collective can help your campus build and scale mentorship programs to uncover student needs and intervene proactively and effectively, resulting in an increased sense of belonging and higher student retention. 

Learn how Larry Faerman, Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, Florida Atlantic University, and FAU leaders collaborated to leverage student engagement and capture actionable student insights—through the high-impact practice of mentorship— impacting sense of belonging and retention.

Watch this on-demand webinar with Dr. Scott Schuhert, Dean of Students at SUNY Onondaga Community College, about pivoting to a culture of care that supports students and the business of higher education.

Duke University discussed how they were able to engage and support their FGLI students to support their sense of belonging and capture student voice.

Join Indiana University Bloomington’s O’Neill School of Public & Environmental Affairs on how they are scaling alumni mentorship to positively affect career decision self-efficacy for upper-division students.

Learn how University of New Haven is improving retention and illuminating career pathways for incoming and upper-division STEM students through mentorship. We will dive into how female and Black-identifying students are experiencing the greatest benefit in regards to retention (38.3% & 55.5% points higher than non-participants respectively) and how University of New Haven is engaging alumni and industry professionals to support their students.

Georgia Tech’s First-Generation Program and Operations Manager, Dr. Charmaine Troy, will discuss the pilot year of the First-Gen Jackets peer mentorship program and how it’s already increased mentee and mentor sense of belonging by +3.7% and +4.35%.