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Guidelines for Submission to Thought & Action

The journal Thought & Action is aptly named. Before you submit, consider that it seeks to provide its readership, which is the largest of any refereed journal in higher education, with both theoretical and practical information on issues in higher education.     Length: The review panel prefers short to long. Rarely do they publish manuscripts longer than 4,000 words.

Style: Contributions should follow the Chicago Manual of Style (14th edition), using the "humanities style" for endnotes and an alphabetic list of works cited.

Tone: Unlike most other journals in higher education, Thought & Action seeks manuscripts that are "reader-friendly" or conversational in tone, and are designed to reach a general audience. Please understand thatur readers do not all belong to any specific field of study.

Types of articles: Thought & Action is interested in good writing, and it may be provided in various forms: Personal essays, practical guides to teaching, research pieces, etc. For the first time, the review panel also welcomes poetry.

Submission: Authors have two options: They may email their article to the editor (see address below) or they may mail a paper copy and disk to the edtor (see address below). Either way, they should receive a confirmation of receipt. Name, mailing address, and telephone number should be included on the title page only. To facilitate the blind review process, that information must not appear on other pages.

Deadline: Manuscript submissions are welcome throughout the year, but the 2012 deadline is March 1.

Review process: Each manuscript, if it meets the guidelines on length, style, audience, etc., is first reviewed by NEA members on Thought & Action's editorial board. Generally, it takes at least four weeks for those reviews to be completed. If it meets with their approval, the article is then brought to the journal's six-person review panel, which ultimately decides to publish or not.

Current themes of interest to Thought & Action include but are not limited to: issues of teaching and learning; innovative approaches to collective bargaining; partnerships between K-12 and higher education; professional development and teaching tips. Please see the 2012 Call for Papers to learn more about this year's special focus.

Mary Ellen Flannery, Editor
NEA Office of Higher Education
1201 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036-3290

E-mail: mflannery@nea.org



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