The benefits of a mentoring relationship are many for both the faculty member as well as the honors student. Scholarship in higher education has demonstrated often that a positive interaction between a faculty and a student will lead to increased retention and completion. At minima, we hope to see increased completion of honors requirements and JCCC degrees. Beyond this, we are hoping for a deeper sense of satisfaction with their learning from one another.
Our observation to date shows that:
- Students will:
- Feel cared for
- Feel like they belong
- Feel respected
- Feel safe
- See their confidence bolstered
- Get connected not just to the faculty but to groups and networks
- Allow themselves to grow + challenge themselves
- Commit more easily
- Rise to success
- Are inspired
- Persist and complete
- Trust
- Faculty will:
- Be fueled by the opportunity to care for an other individual
- Further energized to do their job
- Inspired to enhance their teaching content
- Satisfied by the impact they can have on a student
- Feel valued