Moving higher education forward in new directions, New Directions for Higher Education publishes articles covering the latest developments in all aspects of higher education relevant to researchers and practitioners in colleges and universities across the world.

Our journal welcomes individual article submissions on current hot topics which are relevant globally, including higher education administration, policy, organization, governance, teaching and learning, quality and improvement, outcomes, and student success. We also accept themed special issues or proposals.

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Call for Editorial Consulting Board Members

New Directions for Higher Education is continuing its format innovations to feature more open calls for articles reflecting “hot topics” and special issues in higher education in addition to its long-established integrated, guest-edited topical volumes. With this innovation, we are establishing an Editorial Consulting Board to expand submissions and peer review.

For more information, you can view the full call for applications here.

Announcing Our New Direction

News from the Journal Editors Jillian Kinzie and Lisa Wolf-Wendel, as they introduce the new direction for New Directions for Higher Education, welcoming three new formats

Read the full editorial to learn more about what exciting things are to come in the near future for NDHE.
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We are seeking manuscripts that provide insights into governance from multiple perspectives, including scholar-practitioners, administrators, early career academics, and collaborations across these populations, as well as individuals offering perspectives traditionally excluded from this body of literature. Read the full call.

Open Call for Papers

NDHE announces the first call for single articles on hot topics in higher education! Contribute your manuscript on a current issue in higher education, a novel conceptual approach, or early findings about higher education leaders, or a student or faculty concern, among others. Articles should be 4,000-5,500 words. Submissions are welcome through the year. Submit via the Research Exchange Submission Portal.

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Use of a Common Professional Language to Improve Neurodivergent STEM Scholar Sense of Belonging

Christin B. Monroe, Jan Coplan, Dylan Sullivan, Rebecca W. Matte, 
  •  5 March 2025
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Rural Students’ Sense of Belonging: The Influence of Academic Campus Climate

John Yang, Shadman Islem, Ty C. McNamee, 
  •  5 March 2025
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An UndocuEquity Approach to Promoting a Sense of Belonging for Undocumented Students Prepared for New Directions for Higher Education

Blanca Elizabeth Vega, Jane Sanchez Swain, 
  •  3 March 2025
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Fostering College Students’ Sense of Belonging by Building Help‐Seeking Behaviors in an Academic Recovery Program

Riashna Sithaldeen, Luna August, Ontiretse Phetlhu, Busisiwe Kokolo, 
  •  3 March 2025
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Fostering Belonging Through Academic Affairs: Advancing Policy and Practice

Royel M. Johnson, Terrell L. Strayhorn, 
  •  3 March 2025
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