'How Do You Advance Here? How do You Survive?' An Exploration of Under-Represented Minority Faculty Perceptions of Mentoring Modalities

This article contrasts perceptions among 58 under-represented minority (URM) faculty employed at U.S. research-extensive universities who reported an absence of mentoring or experienced informal or formal mentoring modalities. Key findings reveal a mentoring glass ceiling that affects URM faculty ca...

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Published in:Review of higher education 2019-01, Vol.42 (2), p.457-484
Main Authors: Espino, Michelle M, Zambrana, Ruth E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alaska Natives
Career development
Career Guidance
Careers
Collaboration
College faculty
Colleges & universities
Corporate culture
Critical theory
Cultural Capital
Doctoral Programs
Educational Environment
Ethnicity
Faculty Promotion
Gender
Higher education
Knowledge
Marginality
Medicine
Mentoring
Mentoring programs
Mentors
Minority & ethnic groups
Organizational Culture
Organizational Theories
Perceptions
Power
Qualitative research
Race
Racism
Research Methodology
Research Skills
Retention
Social capital
Social networks
Socialization
Success
Tenure
University faculty
Womens health
Writers
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Summary:This article contrasts perceptions among 58 under-represented minority (URM) faculty employed at U.S. research-extensive universities who reported an absence of mentoring or experienced informal or formal mentoring modalities. Key findings reveal a mentoring glass ceiling that affects URM faculty career paths: an absence of mentoring can lead to significant career miscalculations; well-intentioned mentors can devalue faculty scholarship; lack of senior faculty accountability for observed disengagement from faculty career development; and inadequate mentorship often limits access to social networks and collaborative research opportunities. Recommendations are offered for developing effective formal mentoring initiatives that reflect an institutional investment in early-career URM faculty.
ISSN:0162-5748
1090-7009
1090-7009
DOI:10.1353/rhe.2019.0003