In every assistant professor there seems to lurk a Karate Kid seeking a Mr. Miyagi who will train his acolyte to be a skilled warrior in the art of research, teaching, and service and impart pithy life lessons along the way.
Such singular folks exist, and you may find one. But it's far more likely that you will find several mentors who, while not well-versed in all aspects of academic life, will offer good advice in one or another area.
Do You Have a Bad Mentor? - Advice - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views
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Someone who got tenure 30 years ago may not appreciate what it takes to get tenure today. The young tenure tracker may not know, or catch on quickly enough, that the same mentor who is a wizard of statistical methodology is offering awful advice about handling disruptions in the classroom. Or perhaps the issue is transference: A scholar may excel at conceptualizing new theory, for example, but may not be good at teaching others to do likewise.
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In the words of Ronald Reagan, one should "trust but verify."
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Mentors and the Importance of Commitment - Research - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views
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"Mentoring" is in vogue, thanks in part to the Bush administration's emphasis on volunteerism.
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The effects of mentoring are smaller than people think
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But if you begin to control for the quality of the relationship, how long it lasts, the level of supervision, the kinds of kids who are recruited into the program, there are much larger effects.
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