Co-Learning in Higher Education Community Wellbeing, Engaged Scholarship, and Creating Futures

Co-Learning in Higher Education addresses topics critical to the future of higher education: the wellbeing of communities, engagement of scholars supporting new generations of social activists, and the renewal and expansion of educational and career pathways. It develops a theory of co-learning that engages students and professors across generations in partnerships with community organizations, schools, and corporations that solve emerging social and environmental challenges. Collaboratively written cases discuss community projects, engaging pedagogies, and action research projects. These co-cases demonstrate the power of using critical pedagogies and social action within troubling contexts, rather than assuming public policy changes are the only solution. Contributors explore mentoring, discuss pedagogies that promote community wellbeing and equity, address the urgency of change in universities, and reflect on the implications of this chaotic period for empowering social agency among youth in rising generations. This is a timely volume for scholars and students in higher education and educational policy.

Preface Chapter 1 Contexts for Co-LearningCo-case contributors: Nick K. Gera, Patricia A. Somers, and Lijing Yang Part I Community Wellbeing Chapter 2 Foundations for Co-LearningCo-case contributors: Cathleen Field Fenstermacher, Stacy A. Jacob, Alan Scott Lee, John Russell-Curry, Patricia A. Somers, and Ontario S. Wooden Chapter 3 Educational Policy and LeadershipCo-case contributors: Leetta Allen-Haynes, Donaldo Batiste, Luis Mirón, and Maureen B. St. John Chapter 4 Promoting Community WellbeingCo-case contributors: Rick Dalton, Nate Daun-Barnett, Jerry Drane, Cliona Hannon, Tami L. Moore, and Jesús Solis Part II Engaged Scholarship Chapter 5 Seeking Social JusticeCo-case contributors: John Burkhardt, James Heft, Jeannine Kranzow, Megan Moore-Gardner, and Jenny Small Chapter 6 PraxisCo-case contributors: Bart Anderson, Judith Chapin-Kjelstrom, Amy S. Fisher, Pamela Felder-Small, and Marybeth Gasman Chapter 7 Supporting Rising Generations Co-case contributors: Feven Girmay, Penny A. Pasque, Gilia Smith, and Caroline Turner Part III Creating Futures Chapter 8 Reimagining PathwaysCo-case contributors: Shirley Ort, Pauline Reynolds, Patricia Somers, and Denis St. John Chapter 9 Histories and FuturesCo-case contributors: Jeffrey Bardzell, Wang Chen, Roger Hagan, Jerry Pattengale, and Elias Samuels Chapter 10 Generations RisingCo-case contributors: Dorothea and James Brady, Feven Girmay, and Jon Reidel Contributor Biographies Index

Edward P. St. John is an Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Michigan, USA.