POSTSEC 6273 - Research in Student Affairs

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"The College Student Affairs Journal publishes articles related to research, concepts, and practices related to college student affairs work."

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"College Student Journal publishes original investigations and theoretical papers dealing with college student values, attitudes, opinions, and learning. Topics include the areas of undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools, and may also include selected contributions dealing with college preparation."

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"The Community College Enterprise is a peer-reviewed research journal publishing original research that expands our knowledge about the structure and nature of teaching and learning within the community college arena."

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"Community College Review (CCR) has led the nation for 40 years in the publication of scholarly, peer-reviewed research and commentary on community colleges. CCR publishes articles on all aspects of community college administration, education, and policy, both within the American higher education system as well as within the higher education systems of other countries that have similar tertiary institutions."

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"Recognized as the leading international journal on higher education studies, this publication examines educational developments throughout the world in universities, polytechnics, colleges, and vocational and education institutions. It reports on developments in both public and private higher education sectors."

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"The International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education (Int J FYHE) focused on research and practice about enhancing the experience of commencing students and was targetted at academic and professional staff involved in first year programs as well as senior managers with responsibility for first year policies and strategies."

Since 2015 this journal has been known as Student Success (see below).

"The Journal of Campus Activities Practice and Scholarship (JCAPS) is a social science peer-reviewed journal. It focuses on publishing rigorous, relevant, and respected scholarship related to postsecondary education co-curricular campus activities, and translating such scholarship to practice. It especially encourages submissions from practitioners throughout higher education."

Open access for the years 2019 - present

"Journal of College and Character is a professional journal that examines how colleges and universities impact the moral and civic engagement of students. The journal publishes scholarly articles and applied research on issues concerning ethics, values, character development, civic engagement, and spiritual growth in the higher education setting."

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"The Journal of College and University Student Housing is the ACUHO-I’s academic journal, providing readers with scholarly insight into housing and student affairs topics. Each year ACUHO-I publishes three issues of the journal, delivering insightful and well-researched information you can use to improve your campus housing operations. "

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"Journal of College Student Development (JCSD), the largest and leading source of research about college students and the field of student affairs, publishes scholarly articles and reviews from a wide range of academic fields. Since 1959, scholars in student affairs, higher education, sociology, psychology, social work, nursing, business administration, and health sciences have been finding their voice with JCSD. Journal of College Student Development is the official journal of the ACPA"

Project Muse provides access from 2003 to present

"Founded in 1930, The Journal of Higher Education publishes original research reporting on the academic study of higher education as a broad enterprise. We publish the highest quality empirical, theoretically grounded work addressing the main functions of higher education and the dynamic role of the university in society."

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"The vision of the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice (JSARP) is to publish the most rigorous, relevant, and well-respected research and practice making a difference in student affairs practice. JSARP especially encourages manuscripts that are unconventional in nature and that engage in methodological and epistemological extensions that transcend the boundaries of traditional research inquiries."

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"The Journal of The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition is a semiannual refereed journal providing current research on the first college year and other significant student transitions. The primary purpose of the Journal is to disseminate empirical research findings on student transition issues that inform practice in all sectors of postsecondary education, such as explorations into the academic, personal, and social experiences (including outcomes related to success, learning, and development) of students at a range of transition."

Ingenta Connect provides access from 1989 to present

"As an official publication of the National College Learning Center Association (NCLCA), The Learning Assistance Review (TLAR) seeks to foster communication among higher education learning center professionals. Its audience includes learning center administrators, teaching staff, and professional or student worker tutors, consultants, mentors, and faculty members and administrators who are interested in improving the learning skills of post-secondary students."

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"The Mentor aims to publish scholarship relevant to academic advising that is at the cutting edge, critically examines existing ideas, unsettles preconceived notions, and lays out research or intellectual agendas for the future."

Open access for years 1999 - present

"MJCSL is an open-access journal focusing on research, theory, pedagogy, and other matters related to academic service-learning, campus-community partnerships, civic engagement, and engaged/public scholarship in higher education. "

Open access for years 1994 to present.

"The NACADA Journal is the biannual refereed journal of the NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising. It exists to advance scholarly discourse about the research, theory and practice of academic advising in higher education."

Open access for years 1981 to present

The NACADA Review: Academic Advising Praxis and Perspectives is a peer-reviewed, online academic journal which connects the practice of academic advising to theory from related, relevant fields spanning education, the humanities and social sciences.

Open access for years 2019, 2021 - present

"Launched in 1978, New Directions for Student Services combines knowledge from current research and theories with the best thinking about practice to address issues of concern and interest to those who work with – or have responsibility for policies and programs regarding – college students. This quarterly publication is filled with the latest research on student services in higher education."

Wiley Online Library provides browsable access from 1997 to present

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"Research in Higher Education publishes studies that examine issues pertaining to postsecondary education. The journal is open to studies using a wide range of methods, but has particular interest in studies that apply advanced quantitative research methods to issues in postsecondary education or address postsecondary education policy issues."

JSTOR provides searchable and browsable access from 1997 to 2017.

SpringerLink provides browsable access from 1997 to present.

"The Review of Higher Education (RHE) is considered one of the leading research journals in the field as it keeps scholars, academic leaders, and public policymakers abreast of critical issues facing higher education today."

Project Muse provides browsable access from 1977 to present.

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"The Student Success Journal is an international, peer-reviewed, scholarly publication exploring the experiences of students in tertiary education. The Journal publishes three issues per year and there are no APCs (article processing charges). This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge."

Open access for the years 2016 - present

From 2010 to 2015 this journal was known as The International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education (see above).