This document provides information on publishing opportunities through NACADA, the Global Community for Academic Advising. It outlines three main publication venues: the NACADA Journal, which publishes peer-reviewed scholarly articles on advising research and theory; Academic Advising Today, which focuses on practical advising applications and experiences; and the NACADA Clearinghouse of Academic Advising Resources, which provides advising issue overviews and annotated bibliographies. It provides details on each publication's purpose, format, submission guidelines, and contact information for editors.
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/