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The Religion in the Academy (RITA) project focuses on the many ways that religion, spirituality, and big questions of human meaning and purpose can enhance learning at colleges and universities.

Topics Covered: Make the Expectations and Criteria for Promotion Clear; Facilitate the Acquisition of Resources to Meet these Expectations; Give Frequent and Accurate Feedback; Reduce the Impediments to Progress towards Promotion

A description of the mentoring program at the University of San Francisco's Department of Education. See right sidebar for sample mentor and mentee survey forms and sample guidelines for faculty mentoring.

Describes “mentoring across differences,” to address relationships in which the two parties are different in ways such as race, culture, and gender but also is ways such as learning and communication styles, life experiences, and personal interests.

Brief overview of what to expect as a mentee, from Emory University

Brief overview of how to be a mentor, from Emory University

If you are a new faculty member and don't feel like you belong, act like you do, writes Nate Kreuter.

Annotated Bibliography on Mentoring from the University of Arizona

22 page guide for Harvard University faculty, including: Department Responsibilities, Mentor Responsibilities, Mentee Responsibilities, What Does “Mentorship” of Tenure-track Faculty Mean?, Sample Mentor Activities, Sample Departmental Activities for the Professional Development of Tenure-track Faculty, The Mentor Match, The Mentor as Part of a Network, Sample Planning Document for Jointly-Appointed Faculty.

The author argues that in the 21st century, churches as institutions will remain essential to nurturing and shaping Christian identity. They will do this as they serve as communities of memory, denominations that help people act locally with thinking globally, or as support groups. The article appeared in The Christian Century, May 12, l993, pp. 520-523. Copyright by The Christian Century Foundation; used by permission.