As advisors and counselors, they can be relied upon to provide information about time management, institutional procedures, computing, budgeting, working with graduate students, testing and grading. Shared Benefits Mentors benefit from the new insights and expertise of the new faculty. In many cases enduring professional ties develop. Mentors have reported becoming more aware of the pressures that their new colleagues face today at ISU and at other research universities. The Provost's Mentoring Program initiates mentoring during the first year.
Participants usually work together closely beyond that time.
Each year the new faculty and their mentors are queried about their experiences in the program.