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Mentoring and Tutoring in the Student Support Services Context
Mentoring and Tutoring in the Student Support Services Context

Author(s): Andreea Ionică, Virginia Baleanu, Sabina Irimie
Subject(s): Higher Education , Management and complex organizations
Published by: EDITURA ASE
Keywords: Higher Education; Student Support Services; Academic Advising; Mentoring; Tutoring;

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses the literature on student support services, explains the need for such services in Higher Education and emphasizes the importance of mentoring and tutoring in the context of academic advising. The paper aims to present the main conceptual approaches in the field of student support services and international examples related to mentoring and tutoring. In addition, we discuss the results of a small-scale experiment conducted in order to test the availability and capability for building a relationship of educational partnership. Such a partnership appears as an essential element of the referred services in the context of promoting a student-centered education as the prerequisite of quality in higher education.

  • Issue Year: 10/2009
  • Issue No: S1
  • Page Range: 270-277
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English