Implementation of a Technology-Enhanced Peer Mentor Referral System for First-Year University Students.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19 forced college administrators to reassess how they provide students with the most effective methods of support. This project examined the first year of a novel digital peer mentoring program with the goal of connecting diverse students to campus resources they needed to navigate the transition to and through their first year of college. MentorHub, a referral and supportive accountability mobile application, was implemented with first-year undergraduates at a large, private university in the northeastern region of the USA. MentorHub tracked students' current challenges and connected them with trained peer mentors who provided students with support and referrals to campus resources (e.g., mental health, financial, academic). Analyses were not hypothesis-driven, but instead were expl

SUBMITTER: Werntz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9898860 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature