THE ETHNIC MENTOR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM - A BRIEF DESCRIPTION AND PRELIMINARY FINDINGS

Authors
THILE EL MATT GE
Citation
El. Thile et Ge. Matt, THE ETHNIC MENTOR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM - A BRIEF DESCRIPTION AND PRELIMINARY FINDINGS, Journal of multicultural counseling and development, 23(2), 1995, pp. 116-126
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Developmental
Journal title
Journal of multicultural counseling and development → ACNP
ISSN journal
08838534
Volume
23
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
116 - 126
Database
ISI
SICI code
0883-8534(1995)23:2<116:TEMUP->2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The Ethnic Mentor Undergraduate (EMU) Program targets students from tr aditionally underrepresented ethnic backgrounds and aims at fostering skills and attitudes necessary to persist to graduation. Findings indi cate that EMU proteges perform better than the university-wide average and that drop-out rates are reduced. Implications for mentoring progr ams are discussed.