Yale Daily News

Updated: Monday, November 23, 2009 1:03 a.m.

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Departments aim to structure, formalize faculty mentoring

In recent survey, 58 percent of junior faculty members call mentoring experience inadequate, citing rarity of interaction with tenured profs

Staff Reporter
Published Thursday, February 21, 2008

A survey of junior faculty members’ opinions on the mentoring — or lack thereof — they receive from senior faculty at the University is accelerating efforts to formalize the mentoring process.

In a survey published this month by the Provost’s Office, 58 percent of junior faculty members said they do not feel they have received adequate mentoring at Yale. The survey, which was conducted during the last academic year, points to significant inequities among junior faculty members when it comes to their mentoring experiences, with women and underrepresented minorities reporting the...

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