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Mentors play critical role in quality of college experience, new poll suggests

  • Written by Leo M. Lambert, President Emeritus and Professor, Elon University
Strong relationships with professors are key to a rewarding college experience, a new poll finds.VGstockstudio/www.shutterstock.com

In order to have a rewarding college experience, students should build a constellation of mentors.

This constellation should be a diverse set of faculty, staff and peers who will get students out of their comfort...

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