Lumpkin, Angela2013-08-132013-08-132011Lumpkin, Angela. (2011) A model for mentoring university faculty. The Educational Forum, 75, 357-368.https://hdl.handle.net/1808/11661This is the author's accepted manuscript, post peer-review. The publisher's official version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00131725.2011.602466Operational characteristics for successful mentoring programs of new university faculty include clarity of purpose of the program, methods for matching mentors and protégés, mentor training, mentor-protégé relationship building, and program effectiveness assessment. Strengths of formal, informal, peer, group or consortia, intra-departmental, inter-departmental, and research mentoring approaches to mentoring from the literature are presented. Using characteristics and outcomes from successful programs, a proposed four-stage model of conceptualization, design and development, implementation, and evaluation can lead to the benefits of socialization into the culture, emotional support, networking, and increased job performance.enArticle10.1080/00131725.2011.602466openAccess