Mentoring At-risk Students Through the Hidden Curriculum of Higher Education - Hardcover

Buffy Smith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0739165666 ISBN 13: 9780739165669

Publisher: Lexington Books (UK), 2013

Synopsis

Mentoring At-Risk Students through the Hidden Curriculum of Higher Education reveals how the institutional culture and social networks of universities influence the academic success of underrepresented students. This book is based on a qualitative study that integrates a sociological and higher education theoretical framework to examine the impact of mentoring programs on students’ acquisition of institutional cultural capital and social capital during their college experience.

This book offers an innovative mentoring model that illuminates how students can navigate the hidden curriculum of higher education. In addition, the book provides practical strategies on how to avoid academic mine fields in order to thrive in college. This book is written for administrators, faculty, student affairs professionals and students to promote retention, academic success, and create a more transparent, inclusive, and equitable higher education system.

See here for an article by the author on mentoring programs in colleges and universities published in Inside Higher Ed: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/08/04/book-argues-mentoring-programs-should-try-unveil-colleges-hidden-curriculum

To learn about a recent presentation by the author, see here: http://diverseeducation.com/article/66772/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=82772667e2334157934731fc05a8fe9c&elqCampaignId=358

About this title

About the Author

Buffy Smith is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of St. Thomas.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lexington Books (UK)
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0739165666
• ISBN 13: 9780739165669
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 194