Mentoring At-Risk Students through the Hidden Curriculum of Higher Education

Buffy Smith (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

194 Seiten

2015
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-1580-1 (ISBN)

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This book is focused on the mentoring process, a popular higher education initiative that is often used to promote retention and academic success. The central purpose is to unveil the hidden curriculum and provide a blueprint for both students and teachers on how to navigate the institutional culture of higher education.

Mentoring At-Risk Students through the Hidden Curriculum of Higher Education reveals how the institutional culture and social networks of universities influence the academic success of underrepresented students. This book is based on a qualitative study that integrates a sociological and higher education theoretical framework to examine the impact of mentoring programs on students’ acquisition of institutional cultural capital and social capital during their college experience.

This book offers an innovative mentoring model that illuminates how students can navigate the hidden curriculum of higher education. In addition, the book provides practical strategies on how to avoid academic mine fields in order to thrive in college. This book is written for administrators, faculty, student affairs professionals and students to promote retention, academic success, and create a more transparent, inclusive, and equitable higher education system.

See here for an article by the author on mentoring programs in colleges and universities published in Inside Higher Ed: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/08/04/book-argues-mentoring-programs-should-try-unveil-colleges-hidden-curriculum

To learn about a recent presentation by the author, see here: http://diverseeducation.com/article/66772/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=82772667e2334157934731fc05a8fe9c&elqCampaignId=358

Buffy Smith is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of St. Thomas.

Introduction
Chapter 1: Invest Now or Pay Later
Chapter 2: Learning at the Margins
Chapter 3: Decoding the Hidden Curriculum
Chapter 4: Transforming Mentoring Programs
Chapter 5: Play to Win: Learn the Rules
Chapter 6: Overcoming Mentoring Barriers: Do Not Give Up
Conclusion
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C

Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	151 x 230 mm
Gewicht	295 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4985-1580-0 / 1498515800
ISBN-13	978-1-4985-1580-1 / 9781498515801
Zustand	Neuware