Closing the Opportunity Gap in Higher Ed through Mentorships with Jackson Boyar

IMPACT LEARNING

Production team:

Host : Maria Xenidou

Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian

Introduction Voice: David Bourne

Contact us:

[e-mail]

Music credits:

Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals

Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks

Where to find more about Jackson Boyar and Mentor Collective:

Jackson on LinkedIn

Mentor Collective

Mentioned in this episode:

Waldorf Education

Indiana University

Tufts University

Lumina Foundation

Listen to this episode and explore:

Childhood: being influenced by his entrepreneur dad and his holistic education (3:15)

Jackson’s formative experience in China at age 16 (6:52)

Studying Chinese and Economics in college (8:33)

Getting involved with the international students' community in college (10:22)

The journey to co-founding Mentor Collective (13:27)

Mentor Collective: who they serve and what problems they address (17:05)

The skills students acquire during their mentoring programs (20:24)

Mentor Collective’s process for finding and training mentors (22:54)

Mentor Collective versus in-house mentoring in higher ed: a scalable and consistent experience (25:35)

What makes Mentor Collective’s process work (28:16)

Their entrepreneurial journey from their first contract to over 40,000 students (30:57)

How COVID-19 has affected Mentor Collective and their mentoring programs (34:49)

Taking care of students through distance mentoring during the pandemic (38:06)

Bringing Mentor Collective’s to community colleges through an impact investor (41:40)

The one thing Jackson wants to leave his mark on during his lifetime (43:24)

Maria’s key takeaways and call-to-action (45:22)