Mentoring for Transitions Educator Rendezvous 2018 Supporting Successful Transitions: Principles for Students of All Ages Miniworkshop

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Literature Review- URM STEM transfer students’ retention and success Environmental Factors Vertical Transfer Pathways Program Designs: Research & Mentoring Demographic & Academic Factors Gender, Race, Pre-college experience, & college experience Cognitive Factors Self-efficacy & Scientific Identity Yue Zhang University of Minnesota

Significant factors impacting perceived success Positive Academic consequences of transfer Finding paid positions on campus Mutual respect and diversity of peers in campus community Negative Unexpected costs at transfer institution or residency requiements Competing demands of family responsibility Yue Zhang University of Minnesota

‘Village’ of Mentors Academic advisors Peer mentors, role models Mechanics of transfer and navigating requirements Encouragement and confidence building Peer mentors, role models Examples of success Sense of belonging following transition Emotional support Faculty advisors Future plans Goal setting Navigating the major or the discipline

"Mentoring and advising are crucial "Mentoring and advising are crucial. Robust models must be scalable and not dependent upon a single individual. They must allow us to capitalize more effectively on the relationships that individuals have developed and the cultural competence developed in different parts of our community. Success will also require development of more cultural competence on the part of advisers, mentors, and faculty." Workshop Synthesis, Broadening Access to the Earth and Environmental Sciences, February 2014