To determine whether graduate-school professors gravitate toward protégés who are further along in their programs (completed more coursework and currently engaged in writing papers and attending conferences) or toward those who tend to be in the early stages of their programs and could use more mentoring assistance.
RO2: To determine whether graduate-school professors gravitate toward protégés who live locally and can regularly meet face-to-face or toward those who live further away and must generally be mentored through communications technology.