Partnering for Impact: Insights From a Strategic HBCU-PWI Collaboration
Keywords:
higher education, HBCU, PWI, science education, partnership, collaborative partnershipsAbstract
While collaborative partnerships between Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs) do occur, they are rarely discussed in the literature. In this piece, the authors provide an overview of a collaborative partnership between two HBCUs—Alabama A&M University and Winston-Salem State University —and one PWI—Michigan State University—to improve science teaching and learning in rural Alabama and North Carolina. This article serves as a reflection of what it means to truly create and sustain collaborative partnerships in higher education. Lessons learned, and insights gained from the first years of the developing partnership, will also be discussed.
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