The Journal of College and Character receives submissions for both regular issues (published five times a year) as well as for special issues.

The Journal of College and Character is a electronic journal that publishes articles, essays, case studies, and reviews on a broad range of issues related to the development of moral and civic values during the college years. We also publish articles on a particular theme for our special issues.

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It is the policy of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) not to accept for publication work that has been previously submitted for publication or been accepted for publication, work that has been published elsewhere, or work for which acceptance for publication is pending. NASPA may accept for publication work previously submitted and unconditionally denied publication elsewhere.

In exchange for NASPA accepting the work for reviewing, editing, and possible first publication on an exclusive basis and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Author(s) will transfer to NASPA full ownership throughout the world of all rights, titles, and interests, including all copyrights and renewals and extensions thereof, accepted works and including the title and abstract of the works, effective as of date of acceptance of the Works for publication in the Journal of College and Character.

Authors will sign a "Copyright Transfer Agreement" to this effect.

Authors of articles published in the JCC before July 1, 2007, retain copyright of their articles.

JOURNAL GENERAL ISSUES

DEADLINE: ONGOING

The Journal invites papers that examine issues in the broad field of ethics, values, citizenship, and spirituality in the higher education setting.

Send your manuscript as a Microsoft Word attachment to Pam Crosby, Co-editor, at jcc@naspa.org

STUDENT REFLECTIONS

College students, share your opinions. Tell us how your feel! Essays should be around 2,000 to 2,500 words. Send your manuscript as a Microsoft Word attachment to Pam Crosby, Co-editor, at jcc@naspa.org For more information, go to STUDENT REFLECTIONS

BEST PRACTICES

For this section of our journal we are looking for papers that report efforts by faculty and staff to develop interventions that encourage character/moral development; for example, how an instructor utilizes a specific pedagogical approach to encourage learning. Papers submitted for "Best Practices" will be placed in editorial review process. Send your manuscript as a Microsoft Word attachment to Pam Crosby, Co-editor, at jcc@naspa.org
and indicate that this manuscript is for the "Best Practices" section of the journal.

The Journal of College and Character editors will strive to notify authors within three to six months of their submissions regarding reviewers' decisions.

Type:

We welcome articles that are research-based, practical, and/or theoretical. The suggested manuscript length for featured articles, which are placed in peer review process, is approximately 3,500-4000 words.

Content:

We generally evaluate manuscripts on the basis of these criteria:

▪Relevance to the purpose of the journal, which is to help educators in colleges and universities to make decisions or gain insight into ways of more effectively promoting the moral and civic education of college students

▪Quality of scholarship

▪Soundness of argument (not just description)

▪Clarity, conciseness, and readability

▪Originality

▪Usefulness to college and university staff and faculty, higher education scholars and policy makers, and others interested in the moral and civic education of students in the higher education setting

Although we welcome case studies for submission to our peer review process, case studies are judged on the basis of how well authors provide a scholarly interpretation and implication of the results/outcomes of institutional efforts for educational practice and support a clear thesis with evidence that the initiatives have made a significant educational impact.