Writing for nacada one page handout
- 1. Writing for NACADA General Information • NACADA cannot publish anything to which it does not hold copyright – all authors must sign copyright release • Commercial messages and promotions are not accepted; submissions must be both product- and vendor-neutral • Articles printed elsewhere cannot be reprinted without permission from the original publication Publication Venues NACADA Journal • exists to advance scholarly discourse about the research, theory and practice of academic advising in higher education • published biannually; available online via EBSCO’s Educational Complete Database (see the reference librarian at your institution) and available to NACADA members through their myNACADA account. • blind-reviewed, peer-refereed; includes scholarly articles on research, theory, and practice; book reviews, bibliographic annotations • manuscripts should not exceed 6,000 words (excluding title, abstract, references); most studies are based on standard qualitative or quantitative research methodology; acceptance rate about 30% • webpage: http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Journal/index.htm (guidelines, copyright, EB, sample article, etc.) • Editors: Rich Robbins and Leigh Shaffer. Questions and/or submissions may be sent to them at journals@ksu.edu • Additional opportunity: book reviews Academic Advising Today • exists to provide a venue for academic advisors, faculty advisors, and advising administrators to share their experiences and discuss their ideas about the theory and practice of academic advising in higher education • published quarterly, available online at http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/AAT/index.htm (current issue and archives; complete publication guidelines) • juried review; articles may be based in theory but are generally focused on practical application and should be of interest to practicing advisors and/or advising administrators (How can this be useful to the reader? What implication and/or application does it have?) • submissions should be ~1000 words in length, written in 1st or 3rd person perspective (avoid “you”), balanced in perspective, educational in nature, positive in tone, and focused on a particular aspect of academic advising; acceptance rate about 50% • Questions or submissions may be sent to Leigh Cunningham, Managing Editor, at Leigh@ksu.edu • Additional opportunity: Sparklers (~350 words) NACADA Clearinghouse of Academic Advising Resources • exists to promote the advancement of academic advising by providing members with electronic access to advising issues & resources, advising standards & values, member produced web publications • topic overviews of “critical issues” within advising explain and improve practice; written by members knowledgeable about the issue; include annotated bibliography of ~ 10 resources to “read more about it” • new topics published as they become available; featured topic every month • Questions or ideas for topics may be sent to Marsha Miller, Clearinghouse Director, at miller@ksu.edu • http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Clearinghouse/AdvisingIssues/index.htm Other Monographs, books, CDs, DVDs • Editors, chapter authors, exemplary practices, content review team members, http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Resources/index.htm • expertise database http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Forms/memberexpertise.htm • NACADA Blog http://nacada.wordpress.com/submit-a-blog-post/