ERIC Number: EJ967685
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-1361-1267
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Doctoral Advising or Mentoring? Effects on Student Outcomes
Lunsford, Laura
Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, v20 n2 p251-270 2012
This study investigated the extent to which doctoral advisors provided mentoring to their students and if mentor support influenced doctoral student outcomes. Survey results from 477 respondents, across disciplines at two universities, indicated that most students believed mentoring was important and over half of them received mentoring support from their advisor. Regression results showed advisor mentoring was related to student outcomes, but the pattern varied by type of mentoring (psychosocial or career), student outcome (satisfaction, number of presentations, and number of publications), and discipline. Implications for practice and future research are discussed. (Contains 3 footnotes and 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Mentors, Outcomes of Education, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Student Surveys, Regression (Statistics), Questionnaires, Predictor Variables, Academic Advising, Faculty Advisers, Intellectual Disciplines, Majors (Students), Effect Size, Student Attitudes, Program Effectiveness, Counseling Effectiveness
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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