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What it Means to be a Peer orThe Center as Mentor

Jennifer Finstrom

Lisa Lenoir

DePaul University


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As adultsnontraditional students

As students in a university setting: both

undergraduate and graduate

As peer tutors in a writing center setting

As mentors and mentees


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In 2006, the number of nontraditional students wasincreasing more quickly than any other groupattending college.

Many of these students are distance learners, andtotal enrollment in all distance learning coursesacross the United States has more than doubledsince 1995 (754,000 to 1.9 million).

From the US University Review


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In Fall 2011, 53.8% were under 24 years

old; about 46% were 24 and older across

the universitys colleges.

In the School for New Learning, 99.4% and

100 % of the undergraduate and graduate

students, respectively were 24 and older.


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The School for New Learning (SNL) providesa unique approach to learning for adults, withcustomized programs that build upon abilitiesand experiences, add knowledge, anddevelop skills to help achieve personal andprofessional goals.

A fundamental idea behind SNL is learning

from experience. We believe mixingexperiences and interpretations results inlasting knowledge.

www.snl.depaul.edu


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What exactly is meant by a nontraditionalstudent?

Can nontraditional students be bothgraduate students and undergraduatestudents?

The commonly accepted definition is sobroad that the very fact of a definition canbe questioned.


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The National Center for Education Statistics

defines nontraditional undergraduate students

by the following criteria:

Delays enrollment

Attends part time

Is financially independent (for purpose of

financial aid) continued


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Has dependents other than a spouse

Is a single parent (either not married or

married but separated)

Does not have a high school diploma (

has a GED or did not graduate)


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According to Horn (1996), on a continuum based on

these characteristics, students fall into three

categories of nontraditional.

"minimally nontraditional" if they have only one

nontraditional characteristic

"moderately nontraditional" if they have two or three

"highly nontraditional" if they have four or more


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The nontraditional student, however, resistsdefinition. Nontraditional students are full-timeemployees and full-time parents; military personneland veterans; stay-at-home moms and home-schooledstudents. They go to school part-time and full-time,online and in the classroom. The only quality theyshare is that theyre typically older than the traditionalstudentmost U.S. census data surveys classify themas 25 and olderbut traditional-aged students who arealso parents or full-time workers, as well as home-

schoolers going to college online, may question thisdefinition.

-from distance-education.org


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A student can become more or less

nontraditional and that identity can

change and be renegotiated.


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A change in these outward factors isnt the

only way that a change in self-perception

can come about.

A change in where a nontraditional student

locates him or herself in an academic

setting can also bring about this change.


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Mauk writes of the placelessness of

many college students, mentioning

nontraditional students in particular, and

proposes that what is needed is a new

pedagogy that will connect the academic

with the students everyday life.


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peer1noun 1

3. a someone who is one's equal in age,

rank, etc; a contemporary, companion or

fellow; bas adjpeer group.

ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Frenchper, from

Latinparequal.

(From Chambers

Dictionary)


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Students work tended to improve when theygot help from peers; peers offering help,furthermore, learned from the students they

helped and from the activity of helping itself.Collaborative learning, it seemed, harnessedthe powerful educative force of peer influencethat had been-and largely still is-ignored and

hence wasted by traditional forms ofeducation. (Bruffee, Collaborative Learning and theConversation of Mankind)


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Words origin comes

from Greek

mythology.

A mentor is looked to

for wise advice and

guidance.

Telemachus and Mentor

mlahanas.de

Source:

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=mentor

&

www.umbc.edu/cwit/pdf/CWIT_Mentoring_Tool_KitCWIT Mentoring Tool


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Mentee or protg: A person guided and

helped especially in the furtherance of his

or her career, by another, more influential

person. -www.umbc.edu/cwit/pdf/CWIT_Mentoring_Tool

_Kit CWIT Mentoring Tool


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Writing centers can:

Increase peer tutor confidence

Instill a sense of responsibility

Raise awareness about the importance of

writing as part of the democratic process

Generate a desire and ability to succeed

professionally and personally. -adapted fromwww.umbc.edu/cwit/pdf/CWIT_Mentoring_Tool_KitCWIT Mentoring Tool


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By viewing the self through the lens of

writing center workadding the identity of

peer to that of nontraditional

perceptions changed and new self-

definitions became possible.


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The identity of nontraditional studentcannot be easily negotiated or defined.

Nontraditional students can benefit frombeing mentored just as much as traditionalstudents.

Writing centers can fill a mentorship roleand foster productivity and futureachievement.

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