Mapping Effective Mentorship for Rural Community College Students
CCRI is excited to take on this new opportunity to learn how to increase rural educational equity.
A generous grant award from Ascendium Education Group enables CCRI to address mentorship program gaps through a multisite, three-stage study of these programs at public rural community colleges across the nation. This project will benefit both scholars and practitioners by producing a database of mentoring strategies at rural community colleges that draws upon institutional websites, in-depth interviews, and student responses. Through our analysis of the nationwide landscape of rural community college mentorship and mentorship experiences, this project will produce models of mentorship to specifically address the rural community college context and rural students’ experience.
📢 Calling Rural Community College Mentors and Mentees! Join our nationwide mentorship study and make a difference. Here are two ways to be involved:
- Join our mentorship study. Learn more.
- Student experience survey on being mentored. Learn more.
Learn more about the findings of our research in the data notes below.
Data Notes
Data Note 2: Critical Mentorship Strategies for Supporting Rural Community College Students
December 2024
This data note analyzes mentorship programs at rural serving community colleges, identifying key practices: building empowering spaces and fostering cultural identity and community engagement. It offers reflection questions and invites practitioners to share their experiences.
Data Note 1: Landscape of Mentorship Programs at Rural Serving Community Colleges
December 2023
The first in a series on mentorship programs at rural serving 2-year institutions nationwide, this data note features findings from the initial stage of a three-stage multisite study of rural serving mentorship programs with an analysis of them as depicted on their institutional websites.