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Inspirational Books:

Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors by Marion Wright Edelman

Mentoring Heroes by Mary Kay Doyle

The Cathedral Within: Transforming Your Life By Giving Something Back by Bill Shore

The Kindness of Strangers: Adult Mentors, Urban Youth, and New Voluntarism by Mark Friedman

The Person Who Changed My Life by Mathilda Cuomo

To Honor a Teacher: Students Pay Tribute to Their Most Influential Mentors by Jeff Spoden

Research:

Council of Graduate Schools. 1995. A Conversation About Mentoring: Trends and Models. Washington, D.C.: Council of Graduate Schools.

Flaxman, E. Evaluating Mentoring Programs. New York: Institute for Urban and Minority Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1992.

Flaxman, E., and C. Ascher. Mentoring in Action. New York: Institute for Urban and Minority Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1992.

Newman, Michael. Beginning a Mentoring Program. Pittsburgh, PA: PLUS (Project Literacy U.S.), 1990.

Noe, R.A. 1988. "An investigation of the determinants of successful assigned mentoring," Personnel Psychology 41:457—479.

Petersmeyer, C.G. "Assessing the Need" in M. Newman, Beginning a Mentoring Program. Pittsburgh, PA: One Plus One, 1989, p. 5.

Zelditch, M. 1990. "Mentor roles," in Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Western Association of Graduate Schools, 11. Tempe, Ariz., March 16—18.