Lawrence Buell, chairman of the English department at Harvard University, reflects on what it means to be a good mentor, using Ralph Waldo Emerson as a model. Emerson’s “goal as a teacher was not ‘to ...

The importance of mentoring and role models in helping women develop careers in cybersecurity was emphasized during the HackerOne Women in Cybersecurity Press Roundtable. The panel, which comprised a ...

A team of researchers of the National Initiative on Gender, Culture and Leadership in Medicine (C-Change) at the Women’s Studies Research Center (WSRC) has received a 5-year, $3.25 million grant from ...

AMHERST, Mass. - Over the last 20 years, many academic institutions have conducted surveys in STEM disciplines, seeking ways to address and increase awareness of discrimination and racism that are ...

The notion of mentoring is ancient. The original Mentor was described by Homer as the "wise and trusted counselor" whom Odysseus left in charge of his household during his travels. Athena, in the ...

Mentoring faculty colleagues often gets short shrift. Faculty members who never had formal mentors wonder why colleagues need mentoring, even if they themselves have many people with whom they ...

Numerous models exist for mentoring, many which are phase-based originating from Kram (1983, 1988). For undergraduate research (UR), considering the breadth of UR types (e.g., creative, STEM, social ...

It seems that people are meaner or at least colder than in times past. Perhaps it’s caused, at least in part, by the scarcity that’s creeping over America like Kilauea volcano lava. Maybe more people ...