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<p>Mentoring programs developed at universities are an effective method of supporting student development. The participation in these programs brings them many benefits. These benefits include increased prestige in the community, gaining new experiences and achieving defined goals in the case of universities. It is essential to improve the mentoring programs implemented at universities. This article presents the results of research carried out within the framework of the BEGIN project implemented and funded under the Erasmusplus program. The aim of the research was to identify academic staff's experiences of participating in formal and informal mentoring programs. Ten in-depth interviews were conducted with respondents from Italy, Poland and Germany. A purposive selection method was used. The research provided clues with a practical dimension on how to implement mentoring programs, usefulness from the student's point of view, effectiveness and efficiency, and how to measure the impact of the program on students.</p>
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Mentoring programs developed at universities are an effective method of supporting student development. The participation in these programs brings them many benefits. These benefits include increased prestige in the community, gaining new experiences and achieving defined goals in the case of universities. It is essential to improve the mentoring programs implemented at universities. This article presents the results of research carried out within the framework of the BEGIN project implemented and funded under the Erasmusplus program. The aim of the research was to identify academic staff's experiences of participating in formal and informal mentoring programs. Ten in-depth interviews were conducted with respondents from Italy, Poland and Germany. A purposive selection method was used. The research provided clues with a practical dimension on how to implement mentoring programs, usefulness from the student's point of view, effectiveness and efficiency, and how to measure the impact of the program on students.

Experience of academic staff in mentoring programs

Department of Economics and Management, Higher School of Agribusiness in Łomża

Department of Economics and Business Sciences

International Journal of Management and Economics

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Mentoring programs developed at universities are an effective method of supporting student development. The participation in these programs brings them many...

Experience of academic staff in mentoring programs

Article Category: Empirical Paper

Published Online: Sep 30, 2022

Page range: 316 - 330

Received: Jul 06, 2022

Accepted: Sep 01, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijme-2022-0019

Keywords
academic teachers, Erasmusplus, mentoring, student development

© 2022 Ireneusz Żuchowski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Experience of academic staff in mentoring programs

Article Category: Empirical Paper

Published Online: Sep 30, 2022

Page range: 316 - 330

Received: Jul 06, 2022

Accepted: Sep 01, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijme-2022-0019

Keywordsacademic teachers, Erasmusplus, mentoring, student development

© 2022 Ireneusz Żuchowski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
academic teachers, Erasmusplus, mentoring, student development