Authors interested in submitting manuscripts to the Journal of Catholic Higher Education (JCHE), please read the following information for manuscript submission topics and guidelines. Article topics vary from issue to issue, so please check back frequently for the most updated information.
Contents:
JCHE is currently accepting articles for topics on:
Catholic higher education Centers and Institutes as expressions of
Catholic identity and service to society
Articles for this issue should include topics such as: the role of Catholic higher education institutes and centers within the university, and the impact they have on the university, society and the church. No worthy topic related to Catholic higher education is beyond the scope of the journal.
Article Submission Deadline: January 31, 2011.
Original manuscripts from individual and multiple authors are welcome. Each manuscript will proceed through a blind peer-review process unless the article is not relevant to the Journal’s mission or patently does not meet scholarly standards. All manuscripts are to be submitted electronically via the EJ Press site. Please visit
http://jche.msubmit.net/cgi-bin/main.plex to read the author instructions, create an account, and submit your manuscript electronically. To ensure anonymous review, please upload a version of your manuscript that does not include references to self as author or to the author’s institution.Once articles pass through the full blind peer review process, the editor will notify authors of the peer review decision in writing, along with any recommended changes necessary for publication or reconsideration. Articles presented to the Journal
may not be submitted simultaneously to other publications. On rare occasions, with permission of the author and copyright holder, JCHE may reprint an article or speech of exceptional value.
Journal Audience
The audience of the Journal of Catholic Higher Education is comprised of policy-makers, executives, and administrators in Catholic higher education, scholars from many disciplines, Church personnel, and a broad spectrum of other interested parties. Manuscripts should be written in a style accessible to the Journal's diverse readership. Particular care should be given to ensuring that technical jargon, advanced statistical methods, and foreign phrases are minimized or explained in plain language.
Please click here for the Author Style Guide
We strongly encourage prospective authors to acquaint themselves with recent issues of JCHE (formerly: Current Issues in Catholic Higher Education) to get a sense of the style and format of the Journal. Published manuscripts represent a wide range of interests such as: the role of Catholic higher education, Catholic identity, higher education policy changes, and social justice. No worthy topic related to Catholic higher education is beyond the scope of the journal. When submitting manuscripts, please use this checklist to match your submission
with our editorial guidelines:
- Microsoft Word document, 12-point Times New Roman font
- Double spaced
- Chicago citation style
- Footnotes not endnotes
- 4500 – 6000 words in length
- 100-150 word abstract
- 100 word author biography
- Do not self-identify in the text or references (in one copy of the manuscript).