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HER Volume 6 to be released May 1
Higher Education in Review Volume 6 will be released on May 1. The staff of HER will host a release party at 2:30 p.m. on May 1 on the Fourth Floor of Rackley Building. For more information, e-mail Editor-Elect Nate Sorber.
Editor for Volume 7 selected
Congratulations to Nate Sorber, who has been named Editor-Elect for Volume 7 of Higher Education in Review. Currently a second-year PhD candidate in the Higher Education Program at the Pennsylvania State University, Nate's term as Editor will begin May 1, 2009. His selection as editor follows two years of service to the journal, most recently as Associate Editor for Volume 6. We are confident in his leadership and thank him for his ongoing commitment to the journal!
HER co-editors participate in panel discussion
Brad Cox & Meghan Pifer, co-editors of Higher Education in Review, participated in a panel discussion about helping students get published in peer-reviewed journals. The brown bag lunch took place on Thursday, February 5, from 12:00 - 1:00 pm in 403 Rackley Building.
The panel offered a variety of "insider" perspectives about what editors are really looking for in a manuscript submitted for publication. Joining the HER co-editors were three prominent Penn State College of Education researchers: Kai Schafft, Editor of the Journal of Research in Rural Education, Roger Geiger, Editor of Perspectives on the History of Higher Education, and David Post, Editor of Comparative Education Review. The session also explored the following topics:
- The process of publishing - what actually happens to a manuscript after its submitted;
- The purpose of publishing - why publishing is important to both your career as an academic and the field in which you work;
- What makes a good manuscript? General guidelines and idiosyncratic insights;
- And where graduate students often err - a handful of common shortcomings editors often see in manuscripts written by graduate students.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact Brad or Megan.
Editors introduce HER to graduate students at 2008 ASHE conference
Co-Editors Meghan Pifer and Brad Cox were busy this past November in Jacksonville, FL, at the 2008 annual conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education. The duo spoke at each of the four Graduate Student Sessions, introducing and distributing HER to several hundred students in the process. Following an enthusiastic response from audiences, the editors anticipate an increase in submissions this spring. Keep an eye out for HER representatives at most major higher education conferences and check out our Call for Papers for more information on how to submit your manuscript to HER.
HER welcomes three new team members
Higher Education in Review recently added three graduate students from the Penn State College of Education to its team. Stephanie Chang, a master's student studying College Student Affairs, and Meghan Jones and Josh Pontrelli, master's students studying Higher Education, have been selected to assist editors in a variety of areas. The new team members will help with distribution, journal layout, website development, and techical editing.
Terenzini and Pascarella reflect on scholarly collaboration
In the concluding essay, “Getting it Almost, Approximately, Just About Right,” Drs. Patrick T. Terenzini and Ernest T. Pascarella accept our invitation to reflect on their collaborative scholarly efforts and offer words of insight to future higher education scholars. (read the essay)
HER welcomes David Pérez II as assistant editor (September, 2008)
The HER editorial board would like to welcome David Pérez II as assistant editor. David is a doctoral candidate in the Higher Education Program at Penn State. His research interests include examining the experiences of high-achieving Latino college students; the purposeful engagement of racial/ethnic minority students at predominantly white institutions; educational outcomes associated with diversity; and inclusive pedagogical practices. David works as a research assistant on the Center for the Study of Higher Education research project Prototyping the Engineer of 2020: A 360-degree Evaluation of Effective Education.
Volume 5 unveiled (May, 2008)
This volume of Higher Education in Review (HER) marks the fifth anniversary of the Journal and presents an opportunity to celebrate its success. It also is an important time for the Journal’s Editorial Board to take stock – to consider where we have been and where we are headed. In 2007-08, the number of manuscripts submitted tripled with respect to the previous volume, and submitting authors were more diverse and represented a wider variety of institutions than ever before in our history. With this growth came both the excitement of success and more than a few growing pains... (read more)
A new web site for Higher Education in Review (May, 2008)
With the launch of Volume 5, HER is proud to introduce a brand new web site! We think you will find it easier to use and full of helpful information. Please email you thoughts to HigherEducationInReview@psu.edu.
Past HER Editors to present at HEPAC Symposium (May, 2008)
Jennifer M. Domagal-Goldman and Betty J. Harper, HER Volume 5 Co-Editors, and other past HER editors will present at the Higher Education Program Alumni Council (HEPAC) 2008 Symposium. Their presentation examines the phenomenon of student learning and development within the collective and collaborative experience of conceptualizing and launching a student-edited, scholarly journal. “Communities of practice” and related sociocultural theories serve as the framework within which this experience is analyzed and evaluated.
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