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- Individual recognition and encouragement
- Informal feedback
- Access to informal networks of communication
- Advice in defining and achieving career goals
- Advice on scholarship and teaching
- Advice on balancing teaching, research, committee work and other responsibilities
- Gaining an understanding of the culture of the institution
- Gaining knowledge of procedures and inside information about the department, college, university
- Gaining knowledge of the informal and formal rules for advancement
- Reduction of stress (psychosocial support)
- Feeling welcomed and valued through the initiation of mentoring
