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The program's steering committee then matches students with alumnae--some of the most valuable resources for current female students--says Kerrien Rollins '98, student chair of the program's steering committee and a former participant.
Rollins says that although ethnicity is an important factor in choosing a mentor, it must be viewed in the context of other mentorship needs.
"No one is personally invested in you," says the Radcliffe Mentor Program's Rollins, of her experience with departmental advising. Although concentrators are often assigned advisers, Rollins says mentorship allowed her to explore clinical aspects of psychology she sees as absent from departmental advising.
"I'm sure there are a lot of black Ph.D. out there that I can't relate to," Rollins says, noting that her mentor is white and their relationship has "flourished."
Rollins notes, however, that more women would have a chance to work with mentors of similar ethnicity if the mentor pool were extended to include more minority mentors.