Contemporary Issues in Mentoring




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Contemporary Issues in Mentoring

MS Word - Mentoring is now commonly accepted as a valuable activity for young people, but good press, good intentions and earnest desire alone will not enable mentoring to reach its full potential. There are still operational questions to answer and barriers to overcome: What are the essential elements of an effective mentoring program? How do you measure and document the quality of a mentoring program? What does mentoring cost? Where do we find volunteers? This publication, sponsored by the Commonwealth Fund, reviews what has been learned to date. (Jean Baldwin Grossman, Editor, Public/Private Ventures, June 1999)...
Author: Jean Baldwin Grossman, Editor
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