ABOUT
The NNERPP University Brokers Subnetwork is a specialized learning community for NNERPP members and friends who work as faculty or staff based at an institution of higher education for whom a component of their work includes serving as an intermediary (or broker) between members of the university members of the community (including all education leaders).
The purpose of the University Brokers Subnetwork is to provide a space for NNERPP members and others engaged in boundary spanning work to learn together about the emergent role of brokering in collaborative education research for those who are housed within institutions of higher education. Subnetwork members meet every other month to support each other, share relevant resources, and co-develop new ones. Additionally, we hope this group can contribute to our larger understanding of the various roles and contexts in RPPS.
If you are interested in joining the University Brokers Subnetwork, please email Kim Wright, NNERPP Assistant Director, at kimwright@rice.edu, OR sign up using our Subnetworks Sign-Up Form (find the “University Brokers” subnetwork listed fourth in the list under “ROLE-ALIKE Subnetworks”).
2024 MEETING DATES
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November 21, 10-11am PT/ 11am-12pm MT/ 12-1pm CT/ 1-2pm ET
- 2025 dates coming soon!
ACTIVE PROJECTS
University Brokers Survey: On behalf of the University Brokers Subnetwork, NNERPP is conducting a survey to learn more about the contexts in which university brokers are situated. The goals for collecting descriptive information about different university brokering contexts are to create a set of publicly-available tools or resources to help individuals serving in this role in the following ways:
- To better understand how individuals’ specific contexts are situated within the larger university brokering context,
- To assist university brokers in advocating for the necessary ingredients to sustain the work and infrastructure for university-affiliated research-practice or other collaborative research partnerships in education, and
- To help university brokers better communicate the importance of this role to those within and outside of university settings
The information collected will be shared with our University Brokers Subnetwork to accomplish the goals stated above. If you choose to provide your email address at the bottom of this survey, all resources created will be shared with you.
You do not have to be a NNERPP member to participate in the survey or in the subnetwork. If you are interested in participating in the survey or receiving the tools, please reach out to Kim Wright, NNERPP Assistant Director, at kimwright@rice.edu.