This book includes short narratives where authors involved with this research reflect on their experiences and the lessons they have learned while immersed in community and policy related work.

Betty Overton is a Professor of Clinical Practice in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education (CSHPE) and the Director of the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good. Betty is active in higher education, serving on the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Universities (NCA), the board of the American Association of Higher Education & Accreditation (AAHEA), and the editorial board of Liberal Education, published by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). Penny A. Pasque is professor in Educational Studies, director of the QualLab, and director of Qualitative Methods in the Office of Research, Innovation and Collaboration (ORIC), College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University. Pasque is editor of The Review of Higher Education (with Dr. Thomas F. Nelson Laird). RHE is considered one of the leading research journals in the field and is the official journal of the Association for the Study of Higher Education. Her research addresses complexities in qualitative inquiry, in/equities in higher education, and dis/connections between higher education and society. She works with qualitative methodologies as well as studies qualitative methodologies that work toward social justice and educational equity. Pasque's research has appeared in over 100 journal articles and books, including in The Journal of Higher Education, Qualitative Inquiry, The Review of Higher Education, Peabody Journal of Education, Diversity in Higher Education, Cultural StudiesCritical Methodologies, among others.Her books include Qualitative Inquiry in Higher Education Organization and Policy Research (with Lechuga, Routledge), Qualitative Inquiry for Equity in Higher Education: Methodological Innovations, Implications, and Interventions (with Carducci, Kuntz & Gildersleeve, Jossey-Bass), Critical Qualitative Inquiry: Foundations and Futures (with Cannella & Salazar Pérez, Left Coa

Series Foreword - Edward P. St. John Foreword - Tony Chambers Acknowledgments PART ONE. Introduction to Engaged Research and Practice 1. Engagement for the Common Good. Situating the National Forum's Work, Betty Overton 2. Scholarship and Activism on Behalf of Higher Education's Public Good Mission. An Organizational Context. John C. Burkhardt PART TWO. Engaging the Community Level 3. Conflating Community Means With Organizational Ends. Strengthening Reciprocity in a Multisector Higher Education Access Partnership, Elizabeth Hudson 4. Community Agency and College-Going Culture. The Use of Participatory Action Research, Esmeralda Hernandez-Hamed 5. Collaborative Approaches to Community Change. The Complexities of Power, Collaboration, and Social Change, Penny A. Pasque Refl ective Narrative. Finding Voice in Communidad, Estefanía López Refl ective Narrative. Making Herstory. Inside and Outside the Walls of Academia, Lena M. Khader Refl ective Narrative. The Education Of A Fontanero, Jessica L. Cañas PART THREE. Engaging the Institutional Level 6. Challenges to Diversity. Engaged Administrative Leadership for Transformation in Contested Domains, Cassie L. Barnhardt 7. Access Points to the American Dream. Immigrant Students in Community Colleges, Kyle Southern, Teresita Wisell, and Jill Casner-Lotto 8. Organizational Transformation for Catalytic Social Change, Lara Kovacheff -Badke Refl ective Narrative. A View From the Hyphen Bridging. Theory and Practice, Will Cherrin Refl ective Narrative. A Journey of Social Consciousness and Action From Teaching Assistantship and Service-Learning Experiences, Megan B. Lebre Refl ective Narrative. The Impact of Research Involvement on My Own Understanding of Educational Equity, Briana Akani PART FOUR. Engaging Policy Discussions at the State and National Levels 9. Undocumented Student Access to Higher Education. Focused Efforts at the Federal and Institutional Levels, Kimberly A. Reyes, Aurora Kamimura, and Kyle Southern 10. "The Problem With Our Students . . . Is That Their Families Don't Value Education", Magdalena Martinez 11. Linking State Priorities With Local Strategies. Examining the Role of Communities in Postsecondary Access and Success in Michigan, Nathan J. Daun-Barnett Refl ective Narrative. Ashley Smith's Journey, Ashley Smith Refl ective Narrative. Growing, Learning, and Bringing Back, Amicia Gomez Bowman Refl ective Narrative. Undocumented Students, Chengchen Zhu PART FIVE Concluding Thoughts on Engaged Research and Practice 12. Refl ections. Lessons Learned and Next Steps, Betty Overton Contributors Index