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Mentoring College Students: A Critical Review of the Literature Between 1990 and 2007

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In response to the mounting national support provided to mentoring programs and initiatives in higher education, the present article updates a review article written by Jacobi (Rev Educ Res 61(4):505–532, 1991). The article revisits the mentoring literature in an attempt to re-frame and update the definition and characteristics of mentoring provided by Jacobi. It also synthesizes and critically analyzes empirical literature specific to mentoring college students published between 1990 and 2007. Finally, the article presents broad theoretical perspectives of mentoring from the business, psychology and education literature in preface to a proposed theoretical framework specific to mentoring college students. The article concludes with specific recommendations to advance the mentoring literature.

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  1. This figure compares to 15 definitions identified in 1991 by Jacobi.

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Crisp, G., Cruz, I. Mentoring College Students: A Critical Review of the Literature Between 1990 and 2007. Res High Educ 50, 525–545 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-009-9130-2

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