This panel explores University-Assisted Community Schools (UACS)—community schools in which higher education serves as a primary partner to bridge the P–20+ continuum and advance student success, family engagement, and community wellbeing, from prenatal development to adulthood. Panellists will discuss how community-engaged scholarship and teaching, problem-solving learning, and ‘communities of experts’ connect university and community knowledge to address locally identified challenges through sustained, collaborative partnerships. The discussion will also focus on practical entry points, offering guidance on how institutions and practitioners can take the first steps toward developing and sustaining UACS initiatives.

Biographies

About the Presenter(s)
Cory Bowman has been working for The University of Pennsylvania’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships since its inception in 1992, and its predecessor, the Penn Program for Public Service, since 1991.

Luann Kida serves as Executive Director of University-Assisted Community Schools (UACS) Implementation at Binghamton University, United States.

Dr Laura Ogburn is the Director of Community Engaged Scholarship at the University of Pennsylvania's Netter Center for Community Partnerships, United States.

Dr Naorah Rimkunas is Assistant Professor of Community Schools in the College of Community and Public Affairs at Binghamton University, United States.

Professor Laura R. Bronstein, ACSW, LCSWR, is Dean of the College of Community and Public Affairs, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Social Work, and Founding Director of the Couper-Owens Center for Community Schools at Binghamton University, United States.

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