How Peer Mentoring Can Help Universities Promote Student Success in a Post-COVID-19 Pandemic World

Autor/in	Collier, Peter
Titel	How Peer Mentoring Can Help Universities Promote Student Success in a Post-COVID-19 Pandemic World
Quelle	In: Metropolitan Universities, 33 (2022) 1, S.37-54 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1047-8485
Schlagwörter	Peer Teaching; Mentors; College Freshmen; COVID-19; Pandemics; Student Adjustment; Information Dissemination; Social Support Groups; Access to Computers; Internet; Technology Uses in Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Peer group teaching; Peer Group Teaching; Studienanfänger; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Informationsverbreitung; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen
Abstract	The COVID-19 pandemic and fallout from universities' pandemic response efforts has made the adjustment to college more complex for new students. This is particularly true for students who lack familiarity with how college works. In addition to student adjustment issues, new pandemic-related issues include a greater risk for information overload, problematic access to technology and the Internet, more complicated decision making, greater difficulty in recognizing relevant resources and effective strategies for addressing specific issues, and difficulties in responding to issues that take different forms in remote or hybrid learning contexts. Peer mentoring can help. Informed by interviews with university faculty, program coordinators, and support staff, this article identifies the peer mentoring qualities that make it a useful tool for helping universities respond to issues associated with the pandemic. Mentors provide personal connections to the university, have proximate experience for a post-pandemic university context, are seen as credible sources for messaging, and provide accurate standards of social comparison with regards to strategies for success. The article also suggests tips for universities to set up peer mentoring programs to assist students in post-pandemic contexts. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01