Blankenship, Buck, Paul Deasy and Cody Canning
Title:
Peer Mentoring Effects on Retention of At-Risk Students on Academic Probation
Abstract:
Peer mentoring is a common retention strategy at many universities. The current study is a quasi-experimental mixed-methods investigation into the effects of a peer mentoring program for at-risk, first-year probationary students in a mandatory course.
Peer mentors held weekly, 30-minute meetings with each student, provided support, discussed student challenges, and navigated students to resources on campus as needed. Two treatment groups (weekly and bi-weekly peer mentoring) and no peer mentoring group were compared to measure differences in GPA and retention data. In addition, qualitative responses from the peer mentors were collected. The analysis included ordinary least squares regressions and logistic regressions for retention data. The qualitative data was inductively coded. The results indicate that peer mentoring in any model did not have a positive impact on students’ GPA or retention data, and peer mentors reported that bi-weekly meetings were negative for the student experience.
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Blankenship, Buck
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