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Author Guidelines
The Canadian Journal of Higher Education is a publication of the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education. The Journal intends to publish manuscripts on topics that address and are relevant to the Canadian higher education system and its structures, processes, and community; and to promote research with international and comparative dimensions in relation to Canadian higher education.
Submission of a manuscript to The Canadian Journal of Higher Education (CJHE) implies and is an undertaking on the part of the author(s), that neither the manuscript nor any substantially similar manuscript has been published, is in press, or is under consideration elsewhere. Prior to publication in the CJHE, the author(s) will assign their copyright to the CJHE by means of a standard form.
Format
Use a standard typeface and size (e.g., Times Roman 12 pt.) and double-space throughout, including block quotations, references, and notes. Manuscripts are not to exceed 20 pages, excluding graphics, title page, and bibliography. Please provide an abstract of approximately 100 150 words. To ensure anonymity in the review process, the authors name and affiliation, as well as mailing address and email, should appear only on the title page.
Style
Language and format (headings, tables, figures, citations, and references) must conform to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th Ed.). All tables should be in an editable format (i.e., not an inserted graph).
All tables and figures should be placed at the end of the manuscript on separate pages but within a single document. Placement of each table and figure within the text should be clearly marked within the text as Place table X here.
A running head of no more than 30 characters should be included in the manuscript.
All references and citations must adhere to the APA format. Sources cited within the text appear in parentheses after each citation and must give the authors name, year of publication. Enclose quotes of 40 words or less in double quotation marks in the text; indent quotes longer than 40 words in block format. Page numbers must be given for all direct quotations.
Footnotes are not allowed and endnotes should be minimal and be listed after the text and before the Reference section, having been marked within the text by superscript numerals.
Review Process
In accordance with the CJHE procedure for blind review, the manuscript will be distributed to three editorial consultants for evaluation.
The evaluations are then summarized and forwarded to the editorial board who will make the final decision on the manuscript. This process will take four to six months to complete, at which time the author(s) will be informed of the decision and receive a copy of the review summary.
Abstracts
If your manuscript is selected for publication, you will need to provide your abstract in both English and French.
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in Microsoft Word or RTF file format.
The text is doubled-spaced in 12-point Times New Roman; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed on separate pages at the end of the document.
All tables are in editable format (i.e., not an embedded image)
The manuscript does not exceed 20 pages, excluding graphics, title page, and an abstract of approximately 100 – 150 words is provided, as well as a biography for each author not exceeding 100 words.
The author’s name and affiliation, as well as mailing address and email, do not appear anywhere within the manuscript to ensure a blind review.
- The manuscript adheres to the APA format and a running head is included for the manuscript.
Copyright Notice
Copyright in the article is vested with the Author under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/. Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
Privacy Statement
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
