The Chronicle of Evidence-Based Mentoring

By Jean Rhodes

You may not know it, but the mentoring movement in the U.S. began on independence day. Here’s an excerpt from my book, Older & Wiser, that tells the story.

On the morning of July 4, 1903, a random act of kindnes...

Pellizzoni, S., De Bonis, G., Masullo, M. R., & Gargano, A. (2026). Mentoring as a transformative educational practice: Gender processes, inclusive leadership, and institutional change at INFN.

Gender inequality is a structural issue that is reflected in research institutions and organizations. Pellizzoni and colleagues (2026) argue that fostering equi...

I recently published a paper in Frontiers in Education on higher education’s responsibilities to students in the age of AI. I thought I’d share some excerpts and the central argument here...

Bray, R., & Wilson, S. (2026). The development, implementation, and evaluation of an innovative co-mentoring technique. International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring, 24(1), 239–251. https://doi.org/10.24384/46hf...

Werntz, A., Jasman, M., Cherry, J., Borer, A., Johnston, A., Meany, M., Stettin, J., McCarron, T., & Rhodes, J. E. (2026). Beyond the mentor-youth dyad: The role of parents and mentoring program staff in predicting volunteer mentor persistence. Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning. https://doi.org/10.1080/13611267.2026.2632131

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