Enrollment Management Journal:
Student Access, Finance, and Success in Higher Education
Call for Papers
The Department of Educational Administration at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is pleased to announce its intent to publish Enrollment Management Journal: Student Access, Finance, and Success in Higher Education, a refereed journal on enrollment management.
The journal aims to disseminate the work of researchers and practitioners in order to inform and improve efforts to help campuses enroll, retain, and graduate more students. The journal will focus especially on:
- issues of student access and success, and
- the role financial aid plays in whether students achieve their educational goals.
In addition to its regular blind refereed empirical or conceptual manuscripts, Enrollment Management Journal: Student Access, Finance, and Success in Higher Education accepts other work for inclusion in the journal. These works may include
- highlights of award-winning dissertations or programs,
- book reviews,
- commentaries, and
- other short pieces that highlight timely issues in the field of enrollment management..
The editors are Barbara Y. LaCost, Ph.D. and Brent D. Cejda, Ph.D., professors in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Department of Educational Administration.
The first issue will be published in December 2007. There will be a second issue published in the calendar year 2008. EMJ will become quarterly in 2009.
Authors wishing to submit articles for publication should send manuscripts to Professor LaCost at EMJ@unl.edu . For more information and instructions for authors, please visit the journal’s new Web site at www.tgslc.org/emj .
Enrollment Management Journal:
Student Access, Finance, and Success in Higher Education
Information for Contributors
Enrollment Management Journal: Student Access, Finance, and Success in Higher Education prefers the electronic submission of manuscripts. Authors should submit manuscripts via e-mail in Microsoft Word format to EMJ@unl.edu . Papers will be published in the order of acceptance with an inaugural issue scheduled for publication in December 2007.
Ordinarily, manuscripts should be no more than 30 pages in length, and each article should be summarized in an abstract of not more than 150 words. Manuscripts should follow the style of the fifth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Manuscripts are accepted for consideration with the understanding that they are original material and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Referees evaluate submitted manuscripts anonymously. Our goal is to complete the review process within 90 days of receipt of manuscripts.
In addition to its regular blind refereed empirical or conceptual manuscripts, Enrollment Management Journal: Student Access, Finance, and Success in Higher Education accepts other work for inclusion in the “From the Field” section of the journal. These works may include highlights of award-winning dissertations or programs, book reviews, commentaries, and other shorter pieces that highlight timely issues in the field.
This is a refereed journal, with blind review, Submissions are reviewed by three reviewers. Our goal is to complete the review process within 90 days.
Additional information for authors can be found on the Enrollment Management Journal Web site at www.tgslc.org/emj or by contacting the editors.
Barbara Y. Lacost |
Brent D. Cejda |

