The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal

ISSN 1521-2211

The Mentor and Penn State's Division of Undergraduate Studies are co-sponsoring the Seventh Annual Professional Development Conference on Academic Advising on September 11–12, 2008, at the University Park campus. This year's conference theme is “What Do We Know about Academic Advising? Theory, Research, and Practice.” Please check the conference Web site for details.

Each current article is archived three months after its date of publication.

Two's company, three's a crowd: Can group advising be appreciative and effective?
Lauren M. Sanchez, University of South Carolina
July 2, 2008

How to encourage students of color to pursue careers in student affairs administration
Dantrayl Smith, University of South Carolina
June 25, 2008

Are students cheating themselves? The role of academic advisers within academic integrity
Amy Lee Spurlock, University of South Carolina
June 18, 2008

Sustainable advising: Applying the tenets of sustainability to academic advising
Michael Tyson, University of South Carolina
June 11, 2008

Decision-making theory: Implications for academic advising
James Levin, Penn State
Tina Anne Brazil
June 4, 2008

Advisers beware: The political exploitation of interns in times of war
Michael S. Rodriguez, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
May 14, 2008

Academic advising needs of high-achieving Black collegians at predominantly White institutions: A mixed methods investigation
Terrell L. Strayhorn, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
May 7, 2008

Leading horses to water: Male reluctance to participate in a peer mentorship program
Michael J. Roszkowski, La Salle University
Teri L. Ceraso, La Salle University
April 30, 2008

The hope business: Academic advising
Kate Louton, Northwest Arkansas Community College
April 16, 2008

A cross-disciplinary faculty collaboration in advising community college student interns
Marie Sacino, LaGuardia Community College/The City University of New York
Angela Wu, LaGuardia Community College/The City University of New York
April 9, 2008

This month's topic: Descriptions of advising

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