Journal of Higher Education

Journal of Higher Education
Title	Journal of Higher Education
Discipline	Higher education studies
Language	English
Publisher	Ohio State University Press
Country	United States
History	1930–present
Frequency	Bimonthly
Issn	0022-1546

Journal of Higher Education is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering postsecondary College and University policy, University governance and institutional practice. It publishes empirical research, theoretical analyses and reviews relevant to Ivy League institutions, SUNY systems, Land-grant university initiatives and international comparators such as University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, University of Melbourne, University of Tokyo and University of Cape Town. The journal interfaces with stakeholders including the U.S. Department of Education, Association of American Universities, American Council on Education, Council for Higher Education Accreditation and philanthropic actors such as the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

History

The journal was founded in 1930 during debates involving Great Depression era higher education reforms, contemporaneous with figures like Franklin D. Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover and policy developments at institutions such as Columbia University, Harvard University and Yale University. Early issues engaged with reports from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, studies connected to the G.I. Bill implementation after World War II and curriculum reforms influenced by scholars from University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins University. In the postwar period, the journal addressed expansion trends tied to the Higher Education Act of 1965 and debates at the Civil Rights Movement nexus seen at Howard University and Spelman College. During the neoliberal shifts of the 1980s and 1990s, dialogues drew upon analyses relevant to University of California campuses, the Regan administration's higher education policy stances, and comparative work involving Sorbonne and Humboldt University of Berlin.

Scope and Focus

The journal emphasizes research on institutional strategy at Princeton University, access and equity issues illustrated by cases at Morehouse College and Barnard College, faculty labor questions exemplified by controversies at University of California, Berkeley and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and student success metrics employed by systems like Texas A&M University System and California State University system. It features international comparative studies referencing OECD, case studies from Indian Institutes of Technology, policy analyses tied to European Commission initiatives, and methodological innovations connecting scholars from Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania and Duke University.

Editorial Structure and Peer Review

The editorial board typically comprises editors affiliated with institutions such as Ohio State University, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin–Madison and Pennsylvania State University. Manuscripts undergo double-blind peer review by reviewers drawn from networks at Rutgers University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Texas at Austin and international partners like Universität Heidelberg and University of Toronto. The journal uses editorial policies informed by standards set by Committee on Publication Ethics and indexing expectations of entities including Clarivate, Scopus and Google Scholar operations. Decisions involve associate editors, editorial advisory boards and external referees often active in organizations such as National Academy of Education and American Educational Research Association.

Abstracting and Indexing

The journal is abstracted in major bibliographic services that scholars consult alongside databases maintained by EBSCO, ProQuest, JSTOR and ERIC. Citation tracking occurs via products from Clarivate Analytics and Elsevier's Scopus, while discovery interfaces include aggregators from WorldCat and library catalogs at Library of Congress, British Library and university systems like University of California Libraries. Indexing enhances visibility for contributors from King's College London, National University of Singapore, Seoul National University and research centers such as Brookings Institution and RAND Corporation.

Impact and Reception

The journal's impact factor and citation metrics are monitored by analysts at Clarivate and referenced in departmental reviews at Carnegie Mellon University, University of Southern California and Michigan State University. Its articles have influenced policy debates involving U.S. Congress hearings, testimony before the U.S. Senate and reports commissioned by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Lumina Foundation. Reception among scholars is discussed in forums hosted by American Council on Education, symposia at Association for the Study of Higher Education meetings, and citations in monographs published by presses such as Oxford University Press and Routledge.

Notable Articles and Special Issues

Notable contributions include empirical studies addressing retention models referencing datasets from National Center for Education Statistics, policy critiques informed by analyses of the Higher Education Act of 1965 reauthorization debates, and special issues on topics such as internationalization involving UNESCO, technology and MOOCs highlighted by case studies from Massachusetts Institute of Technology's MITx initiatives, and diversity and inclusion features that drew attention to historically Black institutions including Howard University and Morehouse College. Special issues have also convened cross-national teams comparing reforms in contexts like Brazil, China, Germany and South Africa, with guest editors from University of Cape Town, Peking University, Universidade de São Paulo and Freie Universität Berlin.

Category:Academic journals