Academe welcomes submissions of feature articles and opinion columns. The magazine explores topics in higher education from the perspective of faculty members, and because our readership includes faculty members from many different disciplines, we seek to publish thoughtful articles written in a lively, nontechnical style.
An invitation to submit an article does not guarantee publication, and the AAUP is not required to publish any submission. The AAUP does not permit Academe articles to include defamatory statements or raise other significant legal concerns. It also prohibits the description of specific ongoing disputes involving individuals and their institutions (such issues are handled elsewhere in the Association). Promotion or criticism of candidates running for office within the AAUP or in local, state, or national elections is not allowed.
Feature Article Submissions
If you have a topic in mind, please propose it to Academe’s faculty editor Paula Krebs (see address below). You may also submit completed manuscripts to Paula Krebs. We can accept manuscripts in hard copy, but the editing process will require an electronic text as an e-mail attachment.
Editing: Articles are first reviewed for content and substantive changes by Academe’s faculty editor, after which they are sent to the managing editor for copyediting.
Length: We prefer features of roughly 2,000 words.
Biographical Statement: Include a brief biographical statement describing academic or other affiliation.
Notes: Avoid bibliographies, footnotes, endnotes, and lengthy parenthetical references. Work any necessary citations into the text.
Illustrations: If your manuscript is accepted for publication, we welcome accompanying photographs or other graphic materials.
Contact Information: Please submit home and office addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses at the time that copy is submitted. It is important for Academe to have these details in one place so that authors can be contacted in a timely manner.
For further information, contact Paula Krebs, Editor, Academe, Wheaton College, 26 E. Main St., Norton, MA 02766. (508) 286-3610. E-mail: pkrebs@wheatoncollege.edu. You may also contact Michael Ferguson, Managing Editor, Academe, AAUP, 1012 Fourteenth Street, NW, Suite 500, Washington DC 20005-3465. (202) 737-5900. E-mail: academe@aaup.org.
Opinion Column Submissions
The purpose of Academe's Faculty Forum column is to raise important issues in the profession and to address internal and external pressures on it. Submissions are encouraged. AAUP members and nonmembers may submit columns, with the expectation that nonmembers will join the Association before publication.
The editors will evaluate submissions according to the following criteria.
- Contributions to the column should address issues of concern to a wide range of Academe readers, who include faculty members from many different disciplines.
- Articles should adopt a clear point of view and be written in a lively, nontechnical style. They must maintain a collegial tone and be interesting, insightful, and original.
- In evaluating submissions, the editors will seek a broad representation of institutional types, regions of the country, and ranks in the profession, giving priority to often-marginalized voices within the profession.
The word limit is 750. This limit will be strictly enforced, because the column must fit on a single page of the magazine. Articles can contain no subheadings, footnotes, tables, or other such attributes.
Individual writers can be published once every six issues. Submit articles to academe@aaup.org.
(updated 8/1/07)