Liberal Education

Manuscript Submission Guidelines

The flagship journal of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Liberal Education expresses the voices of educators working to enrich liberal learning and undergraduate education. Liberal Education welcomes the submission of manuscripts on topics of relevance to college and university faculty, staff, and administrators, as well as public policy leaders and professionals in public and private organizations who are working to improve the quality of undergraduate education.

Manuscripts should be submitted electronically via e-mail attachment (in Word format) to the editor, David Tritelli, at tritelli@aacu.org.

Length

Each section of Liberal Education is planned by word count. There are three sections in the journal:

Featured topic: the thematic center of an issue. Ordinarily, articles are 2,000 to 3,000 words in length. Stronger emphasis is placed on theory than on practice. But anecdotes and experiential examples of the theory in practice are encouraged.

Perspectives: trend pieces, feature articles, how-to articles on varied topics. Ordinarily, articles are 1,500 to 2,500 words in length. The emphasis is on the activities flowing from theory.

My View: an individual view of a topic pertaining to liberal learning. Ordinarily, articles are 1,000 to 1,500 words in length.

Style

Style reflects the author. The different voices represented in an issue are an advantage for the reader. The author is speaking to knowledgeable professionals from the spectrum of the higher education community. The language should be direct, even graceful, using clear, informative, declarative prose and examples and quotations to illuminate the points made.

Avoid academic or discipline-specific jargon, in-jokes, and academic irony that are unintelligible beyond the campus.

AAC&U follows The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition. AAC&U's online style guide covers many common stylistic issues.

Assignment of Copyright

Authors are sent a form for signature giving the association the copyright to their work. Other than reprints by AAC&U, anyone seeking to reproduce an article is required to seek permission from the association's office of communications and public affairs. The author receives five copies of the issue in which the article appears.

For further information, contact David Tritelli, Editor, Liberal Education, Association of American Colleges and Universities, 1818 R Street, NW, Washington, DC. 202-884-7406. E-mail: tritelli@aacu.org.