Open AccessFACULTY MENTORING PROGRAMS AT ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE MENTORING PROGRAMS
Author(s) -
Melissa Houston
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of engineering technologies and management research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2454-1907
DOI - 10.29121/ijetmr.v6.i10.2019.457
Subject(s) - demographics , medical education , faculty development , peer mentoring , psychology , professional development , medicine , sociology , demography
Teaching is the oldest profession in the world. Mentoring program for faculty only began as recently as the 1970’s. While there are many types of mentoring programs, there is a clear need for more mentoring programs as the demographics of faculty have changed. Single parent faculty, women, minorities and foreign faculty need mentoring programs. Research has shown that there is a clear link between mentoring programs and retention of faculty. Furthermore, mentoring programs are needed at academic institutions and this paper explains why they are needed and what types of mentoring programs could be implemented to retain faculty.