Higher Education in Review (HER) is an independent, refereed journal published by graduate students of the Higher Education Program at the Pennsylvania State University.  

The Journal is distributed to over 30 higher education graduate programs nation-wide and is electronically available, free of charge, on our web site. Authors must be currently-enrolled graduate students or have written their manuscript while still in graduate school. Graduate students from a variety of disciplines and fields (e.g., education, sociology, economics, law, and psychology) are encouraged to submit their work for consideration. Submissions are accepted year-round. Please visit our Call for Papers page for more information.

Mission
Our mission is to make a substantive contribution to the higher education literature through the publication of high-quality research studies, scholarly papers, and literature reviews in areas related to the university, the four-year college, and the community college. In so doing, we provide graduate students first-hand experience with the publishing process.

Affiliations
Higher Education in Review is affiliated with and supported by the following organizations at Penn State Unversity:

• Center for the Study of Higher Education
• Higher Education Program
• Higher Education Student Association

Volume 6 Editorial Board
Bradley E. Cox, Co-Editor
Meghan J. Pifer, Co-Editor
Nathan M. Sorber, Associate Editor
David Perez II, Assistant Editor
Sarah G. Fuller, Technical Editor
India M. McHale, Publicity and Distribution Manager
James K. Woodell, Web Editor
Robert D. Reason, Faculty Advisor

Members of the Editorial Board for each of the earlier volumes can be found on the volume's home page, under Archives.

Reader Board
Members of the HER Reader Board serve as peer reviewers for submissions to the Journal. Our Reader Board includes distinguished faculty, staff and students from a wide variety of postsecondary institutions and other organizations. Review all members of our Reader Board here.

HER Fast Facts:

Founded 2003.

Peer reviewed.

Distributed to department chairs at top Higher Education programs.

Full-text of every article in every volume available freely online.

Founded by students, for students, with an educational mission.

Higher Education in Review is an independent, refereed journal published by
graduate students of the Higher Education Program at the Pennsylvania State University.

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