The Texas A&M University ADVANCE Scholar Program was designed to support the retention and professional advancement of tenure track and tenured women faculty of color at the university through a unique mentoring program. Each Scholar who was accepted into the two-year program was assigned an Eminent Scholar from an institution other than Texas A&M who is in their discipline and an internal advocate who is a senior Texas A&M faculty member outside their discipline.  Travel support was provided to enable the Scholar and their external mentor to meet at an appropriate conference in their field and for the Eminent Scholar to meet the Scholar at Texas A&M. The Internal Advocates held informal meetings with their Scholars on a regular basis. Written guidelines on ways in which mentors can support their Scholars professionally were provided to mentors. A meeting of all internal advocates was organized by the Office for Diversity twice a semester to enable mentors to provide updates on their Scholars and discuss program development. In addition, receptions for Scholars and their deans/department heads and retreats for Scholars were organized to facilitate networking and build community.<br/>

Texas A&M University ADVANCE Scholar Program

256th National Meeting (2018)

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