"The Professional Mentor Program Plus: An Academic Success and Retention Tool for
Adult Learners," by Chaunda L. Scott and Robert J. Homant,
(2007-2008), Journal of College Student Retention: Research,
Theory and Practice, 91(1), 61-73.

This article was about a mentoring program implemented at the University of Detroit Mercy to help with the recruitment and retention of minority students. The program had three main components, first was mentor/mentee pairing based on academic interest/need, second were required professional development workshops coaching students in the means to "independently work through their academic and personal challenges" and third an intergenerational outreach component, whereby both mentors and mentees participated in a mentoring experience through a partnership with a local middle school. The program showed progress in the slight increase of the control groups' GPA. The literature review was meant to summarize an analysis of the new mentor program at UDM and its success. This was both a qualitative and quantitative study. It combined the quantitative results of the increase in GPA and the qualitative results of very positive feedback from the participants in the study. It was a short article and I didnt see any errors in critical thinking.