Linking Up [microform] : Final Report on a Mentoring Program for Youth / Stephen F. Hamilton and Mary Agnes Hamilton.
This evaluation assesses Linking Up, a demonstration program investigating the process and consequences of mentoring. The program matched seventh- and eighth-graders with adult mentors in a small, rural junior-senior high school and an urban junior-senior high school. Student participants were selec...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | This evaluation assesses Linking Up, a demonstration program investigating the process and consequences of mentoring. The program matched seventh- and eighth-graders with adult mentors in a small, rural junior-senior high school and an urban junior-senior high school. Student participants were selected to reflect the risk levels of each school's enrollment. Neither the program nor the associated studies achieved the magnitude originally intended because recruiting, training, and matching mentors required more time and staff resources than planned. A process evaluation that monitored the formation of mentoring relationships found that about half of the student/mentor pairs were not meeting regularly because of problems with scheduling, transportation, communication, and/or mentor expectations. The following conclusions are reported: (1) mentors should be recruited in large groups; (2) programs should only focus on at-risk students; (3) mentors need clear goals; (4) the most functional mentor goal is building student competence; (5) mentors need continuing support; (6) programs encounter the same barriers that prevent the development of natural mentoring relationships; (7) mentoring early adolescents needs a context other than career development or "big sibling"; and (8) mentoring is worthwhile. A description of program personnel, a review of the literature on mentoring, and a list of 38 references are appended. (FMW) |
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| Item Description: | Availability: Cornell University, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-4401. ERIC Document Number: ED324385. |
| Physical Description: | 71 p. |
| Audience: | Policymakers. Researchers. |
| Reproduction Note: | Microfiche. |
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