Becoming Engaged Scholars: Designing Research-Practitioner Collaboration to Impact Career Development Research and Policy

• In Event: Collaboration With Community-Based Organizations in Counseling

Abstract

The purpose of this presentation is to report on the establishment and first-year outcomes of the Massachusetts Institute for College and Career Readiness (MICCR). MICCR was established in 2014 with funding from the U.S. Department of Education Institutes for Education Sciences. Its purpose is to create researcher-practitioner collaborations between teams of educators from low performing districts in Massachusetts and a national senior faculty member who is interested in learning how to apply their research skills to influence education practice and policy. In addition to attracting a number of faculty from Counseling, participating districts are focusing primarily on improving the quality and impact of their career development programs through implementation of personalized career and education plans.

Authors

• V. Scott H. Solberg, Boston University

• Chad d'Entremont

• Benjamin Forman

• Zi Chen, Boston University

• Dana Nicole Dunwoody, Boston University