The researchers expected job prospects and conditions to be strong factors but were startled by how little influence the advice of academic mentors, families, or friends counted. (sciencedaily.com)
Moreover, Powell's academic mentors provided a great deal of support. (sciencemag.org)
Julie Schell, a science education scholar at Harvard, has found that academic mentors don't have to have the same sexual orientation to be effective. (sciencemag.org)