SCHOLARSHIP & THOUGHT LEADERSHIP AT NLU: INTRODUCTION
Who we are: NLU’s Statement of Scholarship
Welcome to NLU’s 2025 annual report on scholarship and thought leadership, highlighting impacts and achievements in our ongoing collaborative efforts in engaged scholarship. To kick off, we revisit our foundational scholarship statement and key strength areas within our scholarly and practical pursuits.
Our scholarship flows from our mission of strengthening education and supporting communities and from the lived experiences of our students, faculty and partners. Research and expert practice are at the core of everything we do. We foster collaborative inquiry. We generate usable knowledge. We inform and learn from change. Together with our students and partners—as public scholars and thought leaders—we commit to knowledge creation as a public good. This is scholarship at NLU.
Our areas of expertise and rich ongoing work are:
Ensuring Successful Practice in K-12 Classrooms and Schools How can we prepare educators to succeed in the environments in which they work?
Realizing the Potential of Early Childhood Education How can we develop innovations that drive early childhood program quality?
Preparing Caring Professionals for Success How can professionals use evidence-based practices in the fields in which our students work?
Empowering through Literacy and Language How can literacy and language help give voice to all?
Supporting Community Resilience and Capacity How do communities gain resilience and capacity?
Ensuring Higher Education Success How can we ensure that all students succeed in higher education?
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