Volume 7, Issue 1 (2026) Unpacking the Profound Challenges Facing Higher Education: Helping Students and Faculty Navigate Transformative Change
The Spring 2026 special issue of The Journal of Advancing Education Practice seeks to examine these challenges through research, reflection, and practice-based inquiry, while also highlighting innovative, responsive, and human-centered approaches to serving graduate students more effectively. This issue invites contributors to move beyond deficit-oriented narratives and instead interrogate institutional practices, policies, and cultures that shape the graduate student experience. Emphasis is placed on actionable insights, practitioner perspectives, and scholarship that bridges theory and practice.
Research Articles
Reality Check: Examining Perceived Stress in Student Pharmacists Using Virtual Reality
Kimberly B. Garza, Channing R. Ford, and Kristen L. Helms
Reflection Papers
Learning From Planet Krypton - Building Faculty Efficacy to Remove Barriers to Neurodiverse Student Success
Anna Weisling and Nina F. Weisling
Her Fire This Time: Black Women Faculty and the Liberatory Pedagogy That Can't Wait
R. Danielle Scott, Andi Toliver-Smith, and Nailah Smith
Leadership Disruption, Change Management, and Organizational Resilience in U.S. Higher Education
Moses Masibo Dr. and Ashley Rose Charwood Dr.
Recruitment and Retention in Action: A Reflection on the Teacher Ambassador Program
Samantha L. Strachan, Nathan Blom, and Kelli Bain
