%0 Journal Article
%T Building Bridges: A Practical Guide to Developing and Implementing a Subject-specific Peer-to-peer Academic Mentoring Program for First-year Higher Education Students
%A Ronika K. Power
%A Beverley B. Miles
%A Alyce Peruzzi
%A Angela Voerman
%J Asian Social Science
%D 2011
%I 
%R 10.5539/ass.v7n11p75
%X The Telemachus Ancient History Mentor Program (informally known as Tele¡¯s Angels) has been offering peer-led transition services to first-year students at Macquarie University since 2002. Tele¡¯s Angels volunteer Mentors create a ¡®learning community¡¯ by providing their first-year colleagues with transition assistance, academic support and resources, and networking for and amongst students and staff. Individual mentoring is offered, as well as free peer-support services which focus on developing academic skills and building social networks. The program also focuses on student leadership ¨C a key objective is that Mentors themselves are beneficiaries of all activities, embodying the program motto: ¡°to give is to receive¡±. It is timely to report Tele¡¯s Angels¡¯ experiences to a wider audience and offer practical guidelines to those wishing to develop and implement subject-specific academic mentoring programs for first-year students in their own institutions.
%U http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/12844