Faculty Survey Spurs Mentoring Program Pilot
Project
Results of the faculty
survey administered in April 2007 revealed
that 43% of the female and 31% of the male
respondents currently have some form of
mentor. In general, women gave higher
ratings for their mentors as advocates and
as role models than did men. Mentors
received lower ratings from women than men
in terms of advice on balancing work/life
and the process for getting work published.
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Mentors received the
higher ratings as advocates for the faculty
and as advisors for obtaining resources.
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Mentors received lower
ratings in terms of advising about workload
balance and getting work published.
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Advise on getting
published was also not a strong mentoring
activity
MU-ADVANCE is piloting
mentoring programs for first-year
tenure-track female faculty as a mechanism
to establish best practices and procedures
for a university-wide program.
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Table 1.
Faculty survey question
21: If
you have a mentor, then answer the
following questions. Scale: 1
=
none;
2
= some; 3 =
a
lot, 4 = too much.
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Average score
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My mentor(s):
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women
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men
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advocates for me
|
2.92
|
2.04
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serves as a role
model
|
2.69
|
2.04
|
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advises about
preparation for advancement (e.g.,
promotion, leadership)
|
2.62
|
2.04
|
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advises about
obtaining the resources I need
|
2.54
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2
|
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advises about
departmental politics
|
2.38
|
2.04
|
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promotes my
career through networking
|
2.08
|
1.79
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advises about
getting work published
|
1.85
|
1.79
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advises about
balancing work and family
|
1.54
|
1.71
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