In late 2020, Congress passed the FAFSA Simplification Act, restoring access to federal Pell Grants for confined and incarcerated students for the first time since 1994. Following the reversal of this nearly 30-year ban, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) established a new application process for institutions of higher education seeking to…

Agricultural communication, as a standalone discipline, has been taught for more than 100 years. Research has been conducted documenting evolution of the discipline within university settings. As the agricultural communication profession and university programs grow in popularity, a trickle-down effect may be occurring within School-Based…

This study examined the effectiveness of professional development (PD) strategies employed by the University of South Africa (UNISA) to empower teachers (as adult learners) to enhance learner performance in the life sciences (LS). The context of this study is the partnership between the Department of Education and institutions of higher learning.…

We are a team of experienced teacher educators working with various licensure programs: teaching English to speakers of other languages, literacy, primary, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. In the summer of 2020, as faculty in a college of education in an urban area in upper Midwest, we participated in a grassroots faculty-led…

This article explores effective diversity management strategies in education, emphasizing their alignment with the United Nations 2030 and African Union 2063 Agendas. It contributes to a deeper understanding of how diversity management enriches educational practices and supports the broader goals of equity and social cohesion. The paper identifies…

Though overshadowed by their Japanese counterpart, Taiwan's and South Korea's comics industries produce illustrated tales that represent and speak back to their host cultures, even when employing common Japanese manga conventions. As Japanese manga is popular with North American youth, Taiwanese and South Korean comics present a potential…

This article explores the innovative concept of narrative medicine, an interdisciplinary field merging humanities, arts, clinical practice, and healthcare justice, which seeks to deepen the understanding of patient experiences within healthcare settings. It highlights the transformative impact of using art museums, such as The Art Institute of…

The United States educational system struggles to provide supportive services as rates of autism spectrum disorder rise. Teachers face challenges in "shared decision-making" with caregivers for developing high-quality intervention plans tailored to the strengths, challenges, and needs of students with autism and their learning…

This collaborative autoethnography explores the shifting power dynamics in a youth-adult research partnership within a participatory design research project focused on a youth-led online writing community. The authors, a former high school teacher/now doctoral student researcher and former high school students/current co-researchers, analyze their…

In 2014, OSEP instituted the Statewide Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP) reporting requirement. The SSIP was designed as a comprehensive multi-year plan for improving results for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families through system strengthening efforts. States/entities work to improve their infrastructure, implement…

A key component of community-based research is the development of research-practice partnerships (RPP) with community-based partners. These partnerships are often developed with adults (e.g., community-based organizers) outside of higher education institutions (Farrell et al., 2021). This approach to RPP development may exclude youth contributions…

This study investigated principals' perceptions of their responsibilities in managing technology infrastructure in under-resourced public secondary schools within the Tshwane West district, using a public-private partnership (PPP) approach. 2017,the Telkom Foundation initiated the 'Connected Schools Project' 2017, which introduced advanced…

This article highlights lessons learned from bringing together antiracist/activist faculty representing the Initiative to Eradicate Racism at Oakland University and community members from the Pontiac Collective Impact Partnership. We use Byrd and Scott's (2010) Critical Racism Pedagogy Model as a lens to understand how university/community…

This research paper examines a student-partnership project on developing the first undergraduate student conference in the Social Psychology Program at McMaster University. This article first situates our research within the broader pedagogical literature on student partnership and engagement in research-based learning opportunities, followed by…

In this article, we introduce a new approach to advancing equity in student learning experiences through student-staff-faculty partnerships within academic departments. Drawing on a re-imagined conception of accountability, informed by abolition, community organizing, disability justice, and transformative justice, we propose a conceptual…