Welcome Aboard: Mentoring entering faculty at the Budapest Business School

Abstract

In reaction to the latest trends in higher education we created a comprehensive developmental program for entering faculty at the Budapest Business School. The pillar of this program titled Welcome Aboard is the mentee-disciplinary mentorpedagogical mentor triad that works in unison for a semester. The framework was designed using the EPIC-model of innovation, the developmental model of faculty and the mentoring literature; components of the program were inspired by several faculty development programs from around the world. We describe the background and structure of Welcome Aboard first along with lessons learned, the use these to outline future plans and to put forth recommendations for Hungarian higher education.