Enhance the capacity of researchers in special education from historically Black colleges and universities, as well as other minority institutions of higher education to build and pursue research agendas focused on minority issues in special education. Help researchers collaborate in teams with other researchers, both minority and non-minority, in pursuing common lines of research. Emphasis is placed on examining personal, interpersonal, and community variables in order to assist scholars from minority institutions of higher education to construct their own personal research agendas. Link scholars form networks across the country with other researchers based on similar research interests, emphasizing collaboration, networking, and community-building. Unlike traditional programs, post docs participate in seminars and mentoring activities through the University of Virginia from home.
Mentors provide ongoing consultation with post-doctoral fellows in the area of special education.
They also provide assistance in preparing research proposals for sponsoring agencies. While Maxine Greene's intellectual contribution and influence is touchstone, each author is identified and concerned with his or her ongoing works and projects, and this is the substance of each chapter. Each author takes off from Maxine Greene, a living, dynamic thinker and teacher, and moves forward. Each, in his or her own way, follows Maxine Greene's challenge to break through the frozen, the routine, the unexamined. Maxine is a recognized author, educator, philosopher and lecturer, having received numerous honors and awards.