This essay is written as an urgent call for collaboration. It is a provocation for academics in non-crisis environments to proactively reach out to our academic colleagues in Ukraine and other severely disrupted crisis environments around the world to work together to create and extend knowledge and understanding about interpersonal and…

Rural school counselors can be social justice leaders in school-family-community partnerships. To best understand this role, the authors introduce a rural school-family-community partnership model that is strength-based and highlights the variety of supports and barriers related to the needs of rural students, families, and communities. The model…

This study examined the interactive dynamics between researchers and participants during the co-construction of academic concepts. Embracing a socio-constructivist approach, messages, categories, and correlations were scrutinised across multiple activity segments. The study involved 12 pairs of university students and a facilitator-researcher. The…

In response to a proposal to reframe the 'research into practice' agenda in UK education using partnership working, this paper examines a type of collaborative research known as a research-practice partnership (RPP), drawing on models established in education in the United States. It examines their characteristics and what has been learnt from…

Students as partners (SaP) is an approach which aims to include students and staff in partnership in a number of settings across higher education. This article is a comparative exploration of SaP in relation to universities in Australia and Japan, through the lens of Matthews' (2017) five propositions for SaP. Published in 2017, the propositions…

This case study showcases the development of a work routine that facilitated collaboration between students and faculty. The work routine consisted of three phases. In the preparation phase, participants worked independently or in pairs, followed by the second phase, a meeting with presentations and discussions. After the meeting, participants…

Developing collaborative educational spaces is vital for students to be active participants within their own learning; however, there is limited research on the impact of constraints and cultures in developing active partnerships with students in healthcare settings. This paper reports on selected findings from an overarching mixed-methods study…

CSU Writes supports researchers as writers across their career span at Colorado State University. The program emerged in an already rich writing ecosystem that includes a Writing Center and the WAC Clearinghouse. Since 2015, CSU Writes has helped thousands of faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students write more regularly, skillfully,…

Institutions of higher learning play an important role in shaping the future of their students, and by integrating academic, student, and administrative services, they can create cohesive support systems that address the many challenges faced by students today. This study investigated how employees at three distinct higher education institutions…

Youth mental health needs are rising, yet support systems in schools and mentoring programs often operate separately, limiting their impact. Integrating mentoring into school-based support frameworks can break down silos and create a more coordinated, effective network for students. By aligning efforts, integrated school mentoring expands access…

Purpose: This study aims to examine the absorptive capacity of an elementary school participating in a multi-year research-practice partnership (RPP) focused on increasing data science instruction through curriculum development. This research considers how data science initiatives might be sustained with fewer supports from the research team as…

This is the executive summary of the report, "How States and Systems Can Support Practitioner Efforts to Strengthen Dual Enrollment." The benefits of participating in one of these programs have been well documented, but so too have the gaps in been well documented, but so too have the gaps in participation among Black and Hispanic…

This study explores Participatory Action Research (PAR) as a practice that promotes collaborative knowledge construction between researchers and participants. Within this framework, a PAR experience carried out for the transformation of a school in the province of Valencia (Spain) is explored. The aim is to analyse the shared construction of…

Education governance networks are increasingly common and very diverse. In a strategic case study, we apply a new social network analysis method to evaluate the sustainability of a public-private education governance network. We examine the balance of satisfaction across public and private sectors and the network's fairness in terms of whether…

Introduction: Pennsylvania's Student Assistance Program (SAP) began in the mid-1980s to address student barriers to academic success. SAP teams, groups of trained school and community professionals, review referrals, and connect students to services. State leadership conducts an annual SAP team survey, but capacity to evaluate data and affect…