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Many colleges and universities informally highlight the value of mentoring among academic professionals. Yet scholars often lack clear definitions, goals, practices, and commitments that help them actually reap the benefits mentoring offers. As new faculty members from younger generations continue to face evolving challenges while also reshaping institutions, their ability to connect with more experienced mentors is critical to their vocations-and to the future of higher education.
In “Cultivating Mentors”, a distinguished group of contributors explores the practice of mentoring in Christian higher education. Drawing on traditional theological understandings of the mentee-mentor relationship, they consider what goals should define such relationships and what practices make their cultivation possible among educators. With special attention to generational dynamics, they discuss how mentoring can help institutions navigate generational faculty transitions and cultivate rising leaders. Contributors include:
• David Kinnaman
• Tim Clydesdale
• Margaret Diddams
• Edgardo Colón-Emeric
• Rebecca C. Hong
• Tim Elmore
• Beck A. Taylor
• Stacy A. Hammons
This book offers valuable insights and practical recommendations for faculty members, administrators, and policy makers. Whether pursuing their vocation in Christian or secular institutions, Christian scholars will benefit from the sharing of wisdom mapped out in “Cultivating Mentors”.
In “Cultivating Mentors”, a distinguished group of contributors explores the practice of mentoring in Christian higher education. Drawing on traditional theological understandings of the mentee-mentor relationship, they consider what goals should define such relationships and what practices make their cultivation possible among educators. With special attention to generational dynamics, they discuss how mentoring can help institutions navigate generational faculty transitions and cultivate rising leaders. Contributors include:
• David Kinnaman
• Tim Clydesdale
• Margaret Diddams
• Edgardo Colón-Emeric
• Rebecca C. Hong
• Tim Elmore
• Beck A. Taylor
• Stacy A. Hammons
This book offers valuable insights and practical recommendations for faculty members, administrators, and policy makers. Whether pursuing their vocation in Christian or secular institutions, Christian scholars will benefit from the sharing of wisdom mapped out in “Cultivating Mentors”.
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"This book is aimed especially at leaders of Christian higher education, who in an age of digitization and diversity are recruiting the next generation of teacher-scholars for their schools. The contributors ground their assessment in a theology of vocation, they are alert to the changing culture of contemporary young adults, and they offer hard-won wisdom concerning the institutional dynamics of colleges and universities. Careful attention to theory seasoned by numerous specific examples make for unusually compelling reading."
Mark A. Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History Emeritus, University of Notre Dame
"The lasting impact and endurance of our Christian universities relies squarely on the strength and vitality of each generation of leaders-from student to professor to president-to sustain the mission through challenging times. Who among us in academia can imagine succeeding without forerunners who mentor us by making 'a way in the wilderness'? Cultivating Mentors: Sharing Wisdom in Christian Higher Education is a volume that places a call on each of us to cultivate collegial relationships at every age and stage to produce flourishing careers for flourishing institutions. With an impressive cadre of contributors that spans various roles within higher education, this book offers valuable insight and encouragement for all on the journey."
Steven D. Mason, president and professor of Old Testament studies at LeTourneau University
"This outstanding book brings together desperately needed fresh thinking on mentorship from scholars who are real-life beneficiaries and practitioners of mentoring. These essays offer a kaleidoscopic look at the beauty of theologically informed mentorship and show us why it is so necessary. We can all be thankful that such a thoughtful guidebook is now available at this kairos moment in Christian higher education."
Todd L. Lake, vice president for spiritual development at Belmont University