Best Practices and Programmatic Approaches for Mentoring Educational Leaders (Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 166846053X ISBN 13: 9781668460535

Publisher: Information Science Reference, 2023

Synopsis

In today's educational world, supporting graduate students from all backgrounds and ensuring they receive the best education possible is vital. Due to this, academic mentors and graduate student mentoring programs must provide equitable support within learning environments as a construct of social justice for supporting the success of advanced, underrepresented student learners. Best Practices and Programmatic Approaches for Mentoring Educational Leaders discusses empowered perspectives about conceptual and best practice approaches regarding mentoring and supporting doctoral students' success and considers the area of diversity and inclusion in higher education related to best practices in programming. Covering topics such as educational leadership, higher education, mentoring networks, and communities, this reference work is ideal for industry professionals, administrators, policymakers, researchers, academicians, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.

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About the Authors

Amanda Wilkerson is a scholar and social reformer who examines academia and analyzes K-20 student achievement in order to better understand enhancing the human condition. She is a tireless advocate for equity and excellence in higher education who seeks to build a better world for individuals and institutions through cooperation, collaboration, and community engagement. Dr. Wilkerson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Higher Education in the College of Community Innovation and Education at the University of Central Florida.

Shalander “Shelly” Samuels , EdD, is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of General Studies at Kean University. Her research interests include: Addressing inequities in the teaching and learning of Black Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) students and scholars. Specifically, she aims to help bridge the gap in the academic achievement of English Speakers of Other Languages’ (ESOL/ELL/EL) and other racialized groups and their counterparts. She is relentless in her stance as an anti-racist scholar and is keen on developing varying opportunities through the concepts of intersectionality, Language and Literacy whilst connecting higher education and grades K-12 research.

Edition details

• Publisher: Information Science Reference
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 166846053X
• ISBN 13: 9781668460535
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Wilkerson Amanda, Samuels Shalander