The following online resources are provided to help you on your mentoring journey, whether you are the mentor, protégé or administrator. These resources are intended to provide useful information in a variety of categories.




Planning Your Mentoring Network/Team
Introductions and Developing Rapport/Trust
Defining Expectations
Defining Expectations — University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Developing Mentoring Plans
  • Mentoring Plan Template and Team Mentoring Overview — University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Mentoring Plans for Tenure Track Faculty — Syracuse University
  • Template for a Mentoring Plan — Boston University
Planning Meetings and Activities
Structuring Meetings
Navigating Feedback
Specialized Mentoring Guidance
Discipline-Specific Mentoring:
  • Bibliography with articles relating to mentoring across several disciplines — University of Michigan
  • For Science Faculty — University of British Columbia; Notable for mentoring process and topics documents
  • For Engineering Faculty — Cornell University; Notable for the overview of their process from mentor selection to topics for discussion
For New Faculty:
Best Practices