Defining collaborative partnerships. Adult students as partners in formal study / Iris M. Saltiel -- Teaching-learning partnerships in the arts / Angela Sgroi -- Silent partner : the power behind the throne / Phiillip H. Owenby -- From mentor to partner : lessons from a personal journey / Roger Hiemstra, Ralph G. Brockett -- Cohort partnerships : a pragmatic approach to doctoral research / James E. Witte, Wayanne B. James -- Women's experience of academic collaboration / M. Carolyn Clark, Denise B. Watson -- Collaborative learning : people laboring together to construct knowledge / John M. Peters, Joseph L. Armstrong -- Human connections / Angela Sgroi, Iris M. Saltiel.