<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/stories/2016/march/317cofedmentoring.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories/><homepage/><pubDate>08/07/2017 03:47:24 PM</pubDate><title>Successful Mentoring Programs Begin with Focus, Training</title><subtitle/><description>University of Houston - News:Mentoring programs for school-aged children have grown in the past two decades, but their effectiveness has not kept pace with their popularity. A study from the College of Education finds school-based mentoring programs fail because they lack sufficient time, training and a research foundation.</description><author>Marisa Ramirez</author><author-email>mrcannon@uh.edu</author-email><author-phone/><image/><categories>Research,Top Stories</categories></item>