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Does Peer Mentoring Increase Retention Of The
Mentor?
Amy E. Monte 1, Kerri A. Sleeman 2, and Gretchen L. Hein 3
1 Amy E. Monte, Department of Engineering Fundamentals, Michigan Technological University, [email protected] Kerri A. Sleeman, Educational Opportunity, Michigan Technological University, [email protected] Gretchen L. Hein, Department of Engineering Fundamentals, Michigan Technological University, [email protected]
Abstract - The Michigan Tech’s GUIDE (Graduate and
Undergraduate Initiative for Development and
Enhancement) and ExSEL (Excelling in Science and
Engineering Learning) programs have been using peer
mentoring to help retain female and underrepresented
minority engineering students for over five years.
Mentoring has been a successful retention strategy. Most
mentoring programs measure success by looking at the
retention of the mentee. This paper will address the
question, “Does a peer mentoring program also increase
retention of the mentor?” To demonstrate how being a
peer mentor helps retain the students who are mentoring,
retention data will be analyzed and anecdotal evidence willbe presented. Survey results regarding how the mentoring
experience has helped the mentor academically, socially
and professionally will be provided. Additionally, peer
mentor performance data regarding job placement,
campus activities, and academic success will be examined
and compared to the Michigan Tech College of
Engineering (COE) average.
Index Terms – Student retention, Women, Minority, Peer mentoring.
INTRODUCTION
In the late 1990’s, Michigan Tech followed national trendsand experienced declines in first year retention. According to
ACT, Inc., the average national first year retention rate at four
year public institutions fell 2% from the early 1990’s to the
second half of the decade (75% to 73%) [1]. Michigan Techaveraged 87% in the first half of the 1990’s; the second half of
the decade saw the average retention drop to 80%. The
Michigan Tech College of Engineering (COE) did not escapethis trend. COE first year retention rates dropped from an
average of 90% to 84% over the same time period. Michigan
Tech also experienced small declines in second year retention
rates during this time. Additionally, enrollments of femalesand minorities at Michigan Tech and within the COE
remained constant, despite higher numbers of females andminorities attending college nationally.
Nationally, there is a gap between the retention rates of
minority and women students in engineering and non-minoritymale students. For example, in the 1990’s, the national
graduation rate for minority engineering students was
approximately 37%, while the non-minority graduation rate
was 68.3% [2].In the fall of 2006, Michigan Tech’s COE had
approximately 3,200 undergraduate students;
underrepresented minority students (African American, NativeAmerican, and Hispanic/Latino) and women represented 4%
and 16% of this population, respectively. The first year
retention rates for minorities and women engineering students
are the same as the COE average, 83%. The retention rates for
women and minority engineering students from sophomore
through senior year at Michigan Tech are lower than those for non-minority males, mirroring national trends [3].
In response, Michigan Tech initiated numerous partnerships, outreach efforts, and programs, in an effort to
attract and retain more students, especially those traditionally
underrepresented in engineering. Five years after the inception
of these programs, it is clear that many of these initiativeshave served their purpose, increasing student success,
retention, and underrepresented student enrollment.
MICHIGAN TECH SUPPORT SYSTEMS
As noted by Vincent Tinto [4] in 1993, institutions were beginning to appreciate the necessity of retaining as many
students as possible. The onslaught of research on successful
retention practices during this time enabled best practice
techniques to emerge. In 2004, ACT, Inc. published a studyexplaining that retention practices responsible for the greatest
contribution to retention in four-year public college’s fell into
three main categories: academic advising, first-year programs,
and learning support, confirming much of what Tinto reporteda decade earlier [1, 4].
Raymond Landis showed that implementation of a
successful minority retention program should includecollaborative learning communities, cohort scheduling for
first-year students, and a first-year seminar focusing on study
skills, time management, student organization involvement,
and faculty and peer interaction [5]. Also, looking at minorityretention in 2005, Gaither noted that educational programs and
institutions need to teach students to cope with racism, providementoring programs, promote community involvement, and
improve the environment for minority students [6]. The
National Resource Center For The First Year Experience &Students In Transition includes learning communities,
mentoring programs, thematically linked courses, validating
in- and out-of-class environments, and connections among
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faculty, students, and peers as key programs to foster student
retention [7].Michigan Tech has an extensive history of student
outreach and success initiatives including: learning centers,
cohort scheduling of first year engineering students, andimproved communication training for academic advisors and
instructors. This paper will focus on two initiatives: GUIDE
(Graduate and Undergraduate Initiative for Development and
Enhancement) and ExSEL (Excelling in Science andEngineering Learning). Since there is no control group of students with similar demographics, the COE average will be
used as a comparison group. When applicable, sophomore
students will be compared to the mentors in the above programs.
GUIDE PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
In 2002, Michigan Tech received a National ScienceFoundation Grant for the GUIDE program. This scholarship
program was implemented to support first and second year
engineering students through mentoring and guidance. Over
the past five years, GUIDE has awarded scholarships to 59
different undergraduate students. The program focuses onfunding students who not only are underrepresented in
engineering but also do not typically qualify for academic
scholarships due to high school performance and/or highschool coursework [8].
Students are actively recruited for the program through
high school recruiter visits, Michigan Tech website
advertisements, and direct mailings to targeted students.Students are referred to the program from the Michigan Tech
Financial Aid Office, ExSEL Program staff and engineering
faculty [9].
Each year three groups of students participate in GUIDE:first year students (undergraduate student mentee), second
year students (undergraduate student mentor), and graduatestudents (graduate student mentor). The first year, second year and graduate students are grouped into mentor teams, where
each first year student has a second year and graduate mentor.
The graduate mentor acts as team leader and mentor to both
the first year mentee and second year mentor. The
undergraduate student mentees that successfully completetheir first year become undergraduate mentors for new first
year students. Because the graduate mentors typically have
earned their bachelor degree from another university, the
undergraduate mentors bring campus knowledge to the team.All mentors are required to attend a training session at the
beginning of each year. This provides them with the skills
needed to help the first year mentees during the transition touniversity life.
Throughout the school year, the undergraduates
participating in the program meet twice a week with their
graduate mentors. The mentors informally monitor studentacademic progress, and assist the students in the successful
completion of their courses.
As part of the GUIDE program, all scholars attend weekly
GUIDE Seminars throughout each semester. Topics include:engineering career options, campus resources, study skills,
career development (i.e. resume writing, mock interviews,
how to get a co-op/internship, study abroad, undergraduateresearch), and team building activities. To help improve these
seminars, students participate in semester reviews as well as
anonymous surveys [10]. Students also attend the fall andspring on-campus career fairs where they meet with
prospective employers and submit their resumes. In addition,
the students are required to meet with their academic advisor
to create a graduation plan, maintain a minimum GPA of 2.5,and participate in a professional organization.
The GUIDE program has helped retain underprepared
students and helped them undertake a career in engineering.
The benefits of this program are manifested by increasedstudent retention, higher GPAs, and greater participation in
research, study abroad, co-ops, internship and campus
activities [9].As part of the GUIDE program, the graduate mentors
have presented papers regarding the mentoring aspects of the
program at national conferences [11, 12]. In 2003, Touton
conducted a survey and found that:
• The undergraduates felt:
• Interacting with their mentor was beneficial.• Having a mentor made it easier to come to college
and helped them focus on the future rather than just“fitting in” [11].
• The undergraduate mentors felt:
• Being mentors sharpened their listening skills.
• One student commented “I am more focused on the
first year student as opposed to having all the
attention on me” [11].
In 2005, Marszalek completed another GUIDE survey [12].
This survey found that the overall satisfaction with the
GUIDE program was high, scoring 3.8 out of 5.0 and the
satisfaction with mentors was even higher, scoring 4.1 out of 5.0. In addition, 67% of the GUIDE scholars felt that the
biggest benefit of the program was the help it provided in
adjusting to life at college [12].
GUIDE MENTOR R ETENTION AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS
Over the five-year period of the program, GUIDE has
maintained an overall participant retention rate of 86%.
Twelve students have left the GUIDE program for various
reasons. Five have left GUIDE but remained at Michigan Techin math/science/engineering fields or in other degree
programs. Since they are still at the university, these students
are considered retained. GUIDE students have left Michigan
Tech for several reasons: experienced homesickness, wantedto live in larger city, joined the national guard, and did not
want to study engineering, to name a few. Of the eight GUIDE
students that have left Michigan Tech, only one was anundergraduate mentor resulting in a mentor retention rate of
97%.
The GUIDE undergraduate mentors, typically sophomore
students, have been active academically as well as in the area
of career development. The GPAs for these students haveconsistently exceeded the COE average (Table I).
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TABLE I
GUIDE MENTOR AND COE U NDERGRADUATE DATA [9]
Average Cumulative GPA after Spring Semester
Year GUIDE Sophomore COE
2002-3 3.36 3.00
2003-4 3.30 3.08
2004-5 3.32 3.05
2005-6 3.37 3.03
The GUIDE undergraduate mentors have been activelyworking towards their career goals (Table II). Anecdotal
evidence suggests this is a result of the GUIDE peer
mentoring and seminars where topics regarding co-ops, studyabroad and Michigan Tech Enterprise are introduced and
encouraged. The Michigan Tech Enterprise program consists
of student teams that operate like companies to solve real-
world problems (www.enterprise.mtu.edu). Students typically
join an enterprise their sophomore year and participate/work in the enterprise through their senior year. It serves as their
senior design project as well as developing team, leadership
and management skills. The GUIDE mentors have actively
sought and obtained co-ops at more than twice the rate of the
Michigan Tech COE average and three times the rate of thenational average (9%) [13]. GUIDE mentors participated inthe Michigan Tech Study Abroad and Enterprise programs at
eight times the rate of the Michigan Tech COE average.
TABLE II
U NDERGRADUATE MENTOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
Career Development Activity GUIDE COE
Co-op (National Average: 9%) 28%* 12%
Study Abroad 16%* 2%
Enterprise 31% 10%
* Data does not include current GUIDE mentors; they are noteligible to participate in the activity and be a mentor at the
same time.
Over the five years of GUIDE there have been 35undergraduate mentors. Table III includes the demographics
of these students. 26% were ethnic minority and 74% were
female compared to the COE percentages of 4% and 18%,respectively. The mentors, typically sophomore engineering
students, have a cumulative GPA of 3.11 while comparable
students in the COE have an average cumulative GPA of 3.04.
All mentors started in an engineering field and six of those
students left engineering while only one student left MichiganTech. This results in a retention rate of 97% while the COE
has a 88% retention rate for sophomore students. Since the
program has been active for five years and undergraduatementors are typically sophomore students, only six (17%)
have graduated.
TABLE III
OVERALL GUIDE MENTOR DEMOGRAPHICS FALL 2002-FALL 2006
GUIDE COE
Number of Students 35 --
Ethnic Minority 26% 4%
Female 74% 18%
Cumulative GPA 3.11 3.04*
Engineering Field 83% --
Retention 97% 88%*
Graduated 17% --
* Data for sophomore engineering students.
EXSEL PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Developed in 2000, the ExSEL Program is a partnership
between the Michigan Tech Department of EducationalOpportunity and the State of Michigan’s King-Chávez-Parks
Initiative. The program serves approximately 150 students
each year, focusing on academically or economicallydisadvantaged students but involving students of a wide range
of preparedness. While originally intended solely for this
target group, ExSEL actually provides support for a wide
variety of students. By stressing the importance of utilizingsupport regardless of the academic background, ExSEL
escapes the stigma often associated with student support
initiatives. Students are recruited in a similar fashion to
GUIDE, utilizing referrals from across campus as well asoutside organization partnerships. ExSEL also contacts
incoming first-year students and parents to make them aware
of the opportunity; parents are often surprised and pleased tolearn this type of support structure exists at Michigan Tech.
ExSEL’s strategy combines coursework, progress
monitoring, peer mentoring, and personalized services to help
assure the success of student participants.Participants are required to enroll in the Frameworks for
Success (UN1000) course, which focuses on the tools
necessary for first-year success. It is a one credit gradedcourse which includes topics such as: time management,
academic skill development, and introduction to campusresources. ExSEL students build relationships with the ExSEL
staff and mentors during this class, which opens the door for
future discussions if the student begins to struggle [14].Progress monitoring is a critical component of the
program. A contract, including a grade release, is completed
before the student enters the program. This release allows for
review of grades twice early in the semester as well asallowing ExSEL staff to discuss student progress with
parents/guardians. Therefore, ExSEL has two opportunities to
contact students who may be struggling and direct them
toward assistance before their academic situation becomesirreversible. The ExSEL program offers multiple options for
support, including pairing students with an ExSEL program
mentor, referring them to campus resources or study sessionsand having one-on-one meetings to discuss their current
course of action for achieving success.
The peer mentoring portion of the program involves both
volunteer and paid mentors and tutors. The mentors’ primaryresponsibilities are to provide direction, encouragement, and
academic support (as necessary). Partnerships with student
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organizations provide collaborative opportunities for mentors
and mentees. All mentors are active in some organization or group on-campus, and referrals for future mentors generally
come from current mentors. Mentors are required to attend a
mentor training at the beginning of the year. They havemeetings throughout the year with the ExSEL coordinators.
This helps keep the mentors on track and the coordinators up
to date on the mentees. In addition, there are ExSEL social
events and professional seminars that the mentors and menteesare invited to attend.
ExSEL’s strategy for improving student performance is
through the use of in-place campus resources. This includes
utilizing established resources including the Outreach andMultiEthnic Program Coordinators, academic learning centers,
student organizations, Counseling Services, and Michigan
Tech’s Office of First-Year Programs. For example, if astudent can receive adequate tutoring from a learning center
instead of from an ExSEL peer mentor, it frees that peer
mentor to tutor students for whom the learning centers are not
a good fit.
Honored as a Noel-Levitz Retention Excellence Award
winner in 2006, ExSEL has experienced considerableevidence of success since program inception (Fall 2000). Most
noteworthy is the increased ExSEL student retention rates.
ExSEL Engineering student retention increased over 28%,while the COE first-year retention rates has experienced 3.5%
increase during the same time [14]. Additionally, ExSEL
students have experienced increased semester GPAs, whilefewer are on academic probation and more are on the Dean’s
List during their first year [14].
EXSEL MENTOR R ETENTION AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS
The mentors of the ExSEL students have grade benefits (TableIV). The first and second year students’ GPAs are greater for
the ExSEL mentors than for the COE average during the sametime period. However, the 3rd, 4th year and cumulative GPAsare lower for the ExSEL mentors than for the COE average.
TABLE IV
EXSEL MENTOR AND COLLEGE OF E NGINEERING U NDERGRADUATE DATA
Average Cumulative GPA after Spring Semester
2002-2006
Year in
School
ExSEL COE
1st 3.26 2.98
2nd 3.14 3.04
3rd 2.98 3.08
4th 2.99 3.16
Cumulative 3.01 3.10
ExSEL has provided mentors for students since 2002.
During this time there have been 42 undergraduate mentors;demographics for these students can be found in Table V. 79%
of the students were from an ethnic minority group and 50%
of the students were female, while the COE percentage of ethnic minority and female students are 4% and 18%,
respectively. Most of the mentors were in an engineering field.
As seen in Table IV, the 3rd, 4th year and cumulative GPAs are
lower for the ExSEL mentors than for the COE average. This
may be due to the higher retention of students who without
ExSEL would have left the university (Table V). In total, threeExSEL mentors left Michigan Tech which is equivalent to a
93% retention rate compared to the COE average of 88%.
During the five years the program has been supportingmentors, thirteen mentors (31%) have graduated.
TABLE V
OVERALL EXSEL MENTOR DEMOGRAPHICS FALL 2002-FALL 2006
ExSEL COE
Number of Students 42 --
Ethnic Minority 79% 4%
Female 50% 18%
Cumulative GPA 3.01 3.10*
Engineering Field 86% --
Retention 93% 88%**
Graduated 31% --
* Data for all undergraduate engineering students.
** Since most mentors are Sophomores or older, retention data
for the Sophomore cohort is used as a comparison.
MENTOR SURVEY R ESULTS
In the spring of 2007, a student survey was sent to all GUIDEand ExSEL mentors with a 40% and a 36% response rate,
respectively. The GUIDE and ExSEL mentors responded
positively to career building activities such as co-op,internship, research, study abroad, campus employment, and
professional organizations (Table VI). GUIDE and ExSEL
mentors participated in co-ops at two and six times the rate of
the COE average, respectively. They participated in theMichigan Tech Study Abroad program eight times more than
the COE average. Twice as many were employed on-campus
as the COE average. In addition, many of the mentors participated in internships, undergraduate research and most of
the mentors were active in professional organizations. This
data is not collected by the University and therefore can not becompared to students in the COE.
TABLE VIMENTOR SURVEY R ESULTS R EGARDING CAREER ACTIVITIES
GUIDE ExSEL COE
Survey Responses 14 15 --
Total Students 35 42 --
Response Rate 40% 36% --
Coop 21% (28%*) 60% 12%
Internships 43% 60% NA
Undergraduate Research 43% 27% NA
Study Abroad 21% (16%*) 13% 2%
Employed on Campus 79% 93% 45%
Professional Organizations 93% 93% NA
* Data from university data including all GUIDE mentors. NA = not available
The survey asked questions regarding the mentors’
responsibilities. Responsibilities of being a mentor can vary
from student to student depending on the mentee’s needs.Table VII shows how the mentor and mentee spent their time
together. GUIDE mentors spent time participating in informalas well as program structured social activities, while ExSEL
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mentors used the phone or e-mail to communicate with their
mentees and spent time tutoring their mentees.
TABLE VII
MENTOR SURVEY R ESULTS R EGARDING MENTORING ACTIVITY
PARTICIPATION RATES
Mentoring Activities GUIDE ExSEL
Informal social activities 93% 60%
Phone or e-mail conversations 57% 80%
Studying together 57% 67%Program sponsored social activities 93% 27%
Tutoring 50% 87%
In addition to improved GPA and retention, the results of
this study show there are many other benefits to being amentor. From the survey, approximately 80% of both mentor
groups felt the biggest benefit was personal satisfaction from
helping others (Table VIII). Most of the ExSEL mentors andhalf of the GUIDE mentors felt that the mentoring improved
their communication skills. Half of GUIDE mentors stated
they became more aware of campus resources and obtainedsupport from the program advisors.
TABLE VIII
MENTOR SURVEY R ESULTS R EGARDING PERCENT R EPORTING POSITIVE
PERSONAL BENEFITS
Benefit to Mentor GUIDE ExSEL
Communication skills 50% 73%
ExSEL or GUIDE organized events 43% 20%
Networking 43% 47%
Personal satisfaction from helping others 79% 80%
Campus resource awareness 50% 27%
Self confidence 36% 47%
Support from ExSEL or GUIDE program advisors 64% 33%
Time management 36% 33%
When asked, “If a friend was thinking about being amentor, what would you tell him/her?”, some mentors
responded as follows:
• The ExSEL program is an excellent opportunity to test
leadership and communication skills in a positive andreinforcing manner.
• Being a mentor is a great opportunity to be supportive toincoming students and help them succeed through their
first year of school. Be prepared to work with students of
all different backgrounds and personalities. It will teachyou interpersonal skills.
• Two words: "Do It"
• I would encourage anyone to be a mentor. It has been agreat experience helping out a freshman student. I have
learned so much about myself over the last few years and
it has been nice to share some of my own experienceswith someone.
When asked if they would be a mentor again, only one of
the 29 students responding to the survey indicated that he/she
would not. This student stated, “I felt unconnected once Imade my decision to switch out of engineering …I can put my
skills to work in areas where I may have a better ability to be
of service.” From this student’s comment it is evident that
he/she is still interested in “service” just not mentoring
engineering students. Most students commented on wanting tohelp others as the main reason to be a mentor. One student’s
mentored because “I remember coming to school here, and my
brother was a mentor to me. I know not everyone has that, so Iwant to help out.” Overall, the survey results indicate the
positive experiences the mentors had while participating in
their mentoring program.
CONCLUSION
Both GUIDE and ExSEL were developed to improve first year engineering retention rates of the mentee students. This study
shows that there is a secondary benefit of these programs; theyhave also improved retention of the mentors. In addition to
improved retention, most of the mentors have higher GPAs as
well as obtained job experience though co-ops, internships,
undergraduate research and participation in the Michigan TechEnterprise program.
The best practice techniques intended to help the first year
students, have also helped the mentors. These include:
• creating faculty mentoring relationships,
• providing both academic and non-academic advising,• financial assistance,
• promoting and supporting career development
opportunities,
• development of campus community, and
• knowledge of campus resources.
In GUIDE and ExSEL the mentors have benefited from
both the social and the informational aspects of the programs.
The programs provided the mentors with opportunities for
involvement as well as knowledge of campus resources and
career development through personal contact with faculty andstaff across campus.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We would like to thank the Michigan Tech College of
Engineering, Harold Meese Career Center, Financial Aid
Office and Department of Educational Opportunity for
supporting these programs and working with the program
advisors. We thank the King-Chávez-Parks Initiative and the National Science Foundation for funding these programs that
have helped many students at Michigan Tech. This material is
based upon work supported by the National ScienceFoundation under Grant No. 0220500. Any opinions, findings,
and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this
material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect
the views of the National Science Foundation.
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