Mentoring Best Practices

The Graduate Director serves an important role in mentoring students. Mentoring can be accomplished at the unit level in many different ways, and the Graduate Director should strive to develop initiatives that assist students make timely progress toward completion of their degrees and become members of a larger professional community.

The Graduate Director
 

Mentoring and Retention

Orienting Students to Departmental Expectations
Evaluating Student Progress
Faculty Interactions with Students

Mentoring of Doctoral Students

Introducing Students to the Academic Culture of the Discipline
Establishing a Sense of Community
Preparing Students to Publish Articles and Write Grant Proposals
Preparing Students for Teaching Responsibilities
Assisting with Job Placement