The effects of college mentoring programs on academic
performance, program satisfaction, and predicting students'
future involvement  Renee Tura Alexander, Fordham University
College enrollment rates for 18- to 24-year-old African
Americans and Latinos have reached an all-time high, but fewer
complete their degrees than their Asian and Caucasian
counterparts. The performance/achievement gap in higher
education—the discrepancy in academic achievement and college
success among different racial and ethnic groups—is a complex
and multifaceted issue facing college administrators, faculty,
and policy makers nationwide. One solution to higher attrition
among minority students: mentoring programs that match alumni
and minority undergraduates.^ The purpose of this study was to
determine the effects of an alumni student mentoring program on
seniors' satisfaction, academic performance, and the extent to
which participation predicted future relationships with mentors,
peers and the program itself. A twenty-six item web