Mentoring Survey

Subject area: Developed to assess student interest in a mentoring program at NCU. Mentoring defined as "a relational experience in which the mentor empowers the mentee through intentional, continuous, personal interaction, through such activities as listening, counseling, and advising in such a way that it is personally applicable to the mentee:

Format: Variety of answer formats, most ranging from 1 ("very important") to 5 ("not at all important")

Implemented: Given to students attending a senate election chapel in 2002. Convenience sampling limits generalizability

Data summary:

• Students claim to have a clear understanding of the mentoring relationship
• Majority of respondents see mentoring as important
• 60% indicate at leat some interest in participating in a mentoring relationship
• 27% report being in a mentoring relationship sometime at NCU, with a variety of categories of roles serving as mentor (faculty-student, staff-student, student-student, etc.)
• Nearly all who had participated in such a relationship saw it as a good experience
• Students with leadership positions at NCU and who had been mentoried were significantly more likely to see mentoring as important, and leaders were significantly more likely to be interested in participating in mentoring relationships
• Content for discussion in these relationships focused on spiritual development, personal issues, and leadership development

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