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University at Albany - In essence, a mentoring relationship is about a flow of knowledge between people, but not necessarily in only one direction or within a hierarchy. Peers can also be a valuable source of mentoring for both junior and senior faculty. For the purposes of this document, we will be using ‘mentoring’ to refer to any help with professional development that a person, a program or the institution as a whole offers to faculty at UAlbany.

Teach the Earth - Teachers have a lot to do with their students' motivational level. A student may arrive in class with a certain degree of motivation. But the teacher's behavior and teaching style, the structure of the course, the nature of the assignments and informal interactions with students all have a large effect on student motivation. We may have heard the utterance, "my students are so unmotivated!" and the good news is that there's a lot that we can do to change that.

Vanderbilt University – Center for Teaching

Association of American Colleges & Universities - Conversations with faculty and staff colleagues at small private and large public institutions over the last several years have echoed themes of frustration concerning the need to compete for students’ time and attention. Students appear to spend hours surfing Web sites, hanging out in groups, and updating their Facebook sites. They compete for multiple leadership positions from which they often fail to gain all they could because few focus fully on their responsibilities. They forfeit deeper engagement in academic research to earn minimum wage at a retail store in a nearby mall.

Inside Higher Ed - New study suggests that the reasons students seek a higher education can have a big impact on their grades and likelihood of staying enrolled.

The Daily Free Press - While many factors contribute to a student’s capacity for accomplishment, naturally motivated students from higher socioeconomic backgrounds are more likely to succeed, according to a new study.