Tag: Mentors
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Nation & World
How they found the work they were ‘meant’ to do
Faculty share the class, mentor, book, experience that changed everything and set them on path to scholarly calling
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Nation & World
Mentors make the difference
Over seven years, Professor of Education Roberto Gonzales interviewed thousands of undocumented young people who qualified for deferred action from deportation under DACA, and found that for high achievers among them, community and family mentors made the difference.
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Students helping students
Harvard Library’s Peer Research Fellow program assists students with research questions, taking them way beyond the basics.
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Nation & World
Harvard’s Crimson Summer Academy gives teens academic edge
The Crimson Summer Academy welcomes 30 new Crimson Scholars to attend its three-summer program. When fully completed, the nearly 100 students have experienced rigorous academic opportunities, with 85 percent later attending a four-year college.
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Nation & World
Survey finds faculty satisfaction rate at 81 percent
The vast majority of Harvard faculty report that they are satisfied with their positions here, according to the latest Faculty Climate Survey released today by the Office for Faculty Development and Diversity.
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Nation & World
Howard Gardner: ‘A Blessing of Influences’
One of an occasional story in which Harvard faculty members recount their early influences, Howard Gardner recalls the mentors who helped to shape his early academic career.
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Nation & World
Motivation through mentors
During a panel discussion, Crimson Summer Academy mentors, themselves graduates of the program, tell current students how they reached their academic goals.
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Nation & World
‘You have to give back’
Graduating senior Portia Botchway enjoyed mentoring Boston-area students during her Harvard years. Now, she’ll become a teacher for them this fall.