Nov 05, 2009 — See The Thaindian News (international)
The odds of disadvantaged students attending college are doubled when they have an adult mentor, according to a study. The research also found that having an adult mentor increased teens’ likelihood of going to college by 50 per cent. ... Glen Elder of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill is a co-author on the study. The research was based on information from more than 14,000 adolescents who participated in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.
