Editors’ Introduction to the Mixed Methods Manifesto Inaugural Special Issue

aDepartment of Educational Leadership, Sam Houston State University, TX, USA and Department of Educational Leadership and Management/Department of Educational Psychology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa; bDepartment of Instructional Systems Technology, Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University Bloomington, IN, USA; cDepartment of Counseling and Instructional Sciences, College of Education and Professional Studies, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA; dDepartment of Educational Leadership and Management, College of Education, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa; eDepartment of Psychology of Education, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa; fDepartment of Computer Science, Sam Houston State University, TX, USA