Universities and Community Schools, Summer 2023

Posted by Netter Center for Community Partnerships on August 1, 2023

This issue of Universities and Community Schools, Vol. 11, No. 1, features seven articles written largely by graduate students whose scholarship involves community-engaged research, particularly with local public schools. It includes the perspectives and experiences of students from a range of disciplines, geographies, and institutional types. A number of student authors received their PhDs during the production of this publication.

All of the sites represented in this issue are part of the national University-Assisted Community Schools (UACS) Network, and three of them – IUPUI, UCLA, and Binghamton – have been regional training centers for UACS supported by the Netter Center. For a recent discussion of UCLA’s university-assisted community schools, as well as the national community school movement in general, we encourage you to check out the new book that Ira co-authored with Martin Blank, Jane Quinn, Lisa Villarreal, and David Goodman, The Community Schools Revolution: Building Partnerships, Transforming Lives, and Advancing Democracy.

In combination, the articles in this journal issue powerfully demonstrate the benefits of graduate student involvement in community-engaged research, particularly engagement with local K-12 schools, on the lives of local youth and other community members as well as on the graduate students’ own learning and development as academics committed to connecting scholarly expertise with the expertise of community members.

We hope that you enjoy this issue and welcome your feedback, ideas, and help in advancing university-assisted community schools and community-engaged scholarship.

Read the graduate student issue of UCS.