“…Participants reportedly obtained previously unobtainable forms of capital -cultural, social, and symbolic. Although the Forum does not accord with the conventional 'cohort-based model' (Bista & Cox, 2014;Lei, Gorelick, Short, Smallwood, & Wright-Porter, 2011) in definition, benefits emerging from the Forum strongly align with those produced through the cohort-based model. For example, learning within a cohort nurtures interpersonal development and personal attributes, fosters management and communication skills (S. Freeman & Kochan, 2012), offers an integral part of personal and professional support for academic interactions (Nimer, 2009), and develops a shared learning community through a strong social and professional network (Hyatt & Williams, 2011;Williams, Simpson, & Cunningham, 2010).…”