Educational institutions benefit from several types of mentoring programs:

1. Recruiting

1.1. Recruiting Programs
Encourage potential students who were accepted admission to your institution but have not yet selected it. Connect them with a second or older year student to show them around campus and tell them what it’s like to study there.

1.2. New Student Mentoring
Introduce new students to a current older student to help get settled (“Buddy system”).

2. Supporting

2.1. Student Success
Connecting junior-level students with more senior-level students (Peer Mentoring).

2.2. Diversity & Inclusion
Support interest groups with mentoring programs that can be easily managed. Matching can be personalized based on demographics or other interests.

3. Graduating

3.1. Work Integrated Learning (WIL)
Match students for a 1-time meeting to get feedback, direction, run a mock interview or other set purposes that are directly integrated as part of the course curriculum.

3.2. Alumni Relations
Connect student before they graduate with experienced alumni for a set number of months or a 1-time meetings.

3.3. Integrate with Job Listings for Placement Support
In some cases it is helpful to link the mentoring program via API directly to relevant job listings based on the mentee’s interests. For example, a community college may want to show the mentee relevant job opportunities and enable them to politely ask their mentor to advise or help them get job interviews for specific placements. Some times an industry mentor could direct graduating students towards hiring managers.

4. Auxiliary

4.1. Startup Programs
Enhance your entrepreneurship programs, business accelerator and incubator by matching startup founders with successful alumni.

4.2. Employee Mentoring
Match new faculty and admin staff matched with senior staff – help them get settled into the job.

We work with college and university career centres and student guilds on the mentor matching side of mentoring programs.

If you are running or starting a large-scale mentoring program contact us to learn how we can help.

From about 30 mentors and mentees the matching effort becomes a lot of work – that’s where MentorEase can help you save time and effort. MentorEase supports full university capacity, 1000-5000 users and more.

MentorEase supports mentoring programs for:
* Recruitment / Admission
* Career Services
* Internship / Apprenticeship
* Work Integrated Learning
* Industry Relations
* Student Affairs
* Student Success
* Student Experience
* Alumni Relations
* Diversity & Inclusion
* Student Guilds
* Entrepreneurship
* Accelerator & Incubator
* Faculty Relations
* Employee Relations
* Talent Development
* Learning & Development
* People & Culture

Research insights: (from third-parties)
* Peer Mentoring for Student Success
* Professional Insights for the Successful Implementation of Peer Mentoring Programs for Undergraduate Teacher Candidates
* Mentoring Programs That Broaden Pathways to Graduate Education
* Mentor-mentee relationships in academia: insights toward a fulfilling career
* Examining the impact of a university mentorship program on student outcomes
* How to craft a mentoring journey that suits you in grad school
* Effectiveness of peer mentoring in the study entry phase: A systematic review
* Insights from a survey of mentorship experiences by graduate and postdoctoral researchers

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