Presents studies that provide a look at the experiences of proteges and mentors during the mentoring process in higher education settings. This title includes the studies examining the effects of mentoring on individuals as well as those examining the perceptions and experiences of individuals involved in the mentoring process from the proteges.

The mentoring of faculty and administrators in higher education (J.W. Holland). Mentoring experiences of African-American Ph.D. chemists (W. Pearson Jr., I.M. Warner). Relationships between mentors and Mexican-American and American Indian doctoral students (M.J. Williamson, R.H. Fenske). Role models, mentors, and the experiences of Chicana and Chicano Ph.D. scientists (D.G. Solorzano). Perceptions and assessments of faculty preceptors in a summer research program for minority undergraduate students (H.T. Frierson Jr.). Developing faculty mentors for American Indian and Alaska Native graduate students (D.M. Pavel). The social dynamics of mentoring in graduate education: a case study of African-American students and their graduate advisors (J.R. Valadez). Mentoring of African-American faculty: scaling the promotion and tenure mountain (L.C. Tillman). An investigation of cross-gender mentoring: lessons from Harvard's urban superintendent program (S.D. Blake). Male and female minority students' perceptions and satisfaction concerning a short-term research and mentoring program (H.T. Frierson Jr., T.A. Riggins). Comparing perceptions of mentoring experience of African-American undergraduate humanities/social science and science majors (H.T. Frierson Jr.).