Keep current with the latest news from influential IR, assessment, and higher education journals. This edition of eAIR Journal News highlights The Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition call for nominations for members of their editorial review board and the latest issue from Innovative Higher Education (IHE).

Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition

The Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition is currently accepting nominations (including self-nominations) for members of the editorial review board. Editorial review board members serve a three-year term (January 2020 – December 2022); hold advanced degrees (Ph.D. or equivalent preferred); have a minimum of five years’ experience in higher education; are affiliated with an accredited college or university; and have expertise in quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods research design and analysis. Candidates with knowledge of advanced statistical methods are especially encouraged to apply. If you meet these qualifications, please submit a letter of intent and CV to Dr. Forrest Lane, Editor, at NRCJour@mailbox.sc.edu. The deadline for completed nomination packages is October 31, 2019.

Innovative Higher Education

The articles listed below have recently been posted in “Online First,” the online version of the journal of Innovative Higher Education. These articles are now published and are accessible to subscribers - fully citable with the doi number. They will appear later in a bundled e-issue and print issue.

• Libby V. Morris, Editor, “Contemplating Open Educational Resources”
• Gustavo Severo de Borba, Isa Maro Alves, and Paula Dal Bó Campagnolo, “How Learning Spaces Can Collaborate with Student Engagement and Enhance Student-faculty Interaction in Higher Education”
• Lynnette Whitsitt and Robert L. Williams, “Political Ideology and Accuracy of Information”
• Catherine M. Wehlburg, Sarah Ruffing Robins, Rachel Chapman Daugherty, and Ashley Taylor Hughes, “Global EX:Creating a Collaborative Initiative for Enhancing Cross-Cultural Engagement”
• William Wiener and James Peterson, “Strengthening the Role of Graduate Program Directors”

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Editor’s Tip: Recently, we received an inquiry about whether or not this journal is double-blinded, and it might merit offering a definition of the term. It means that the reviewers of a manuscript do not know who the author(s) are and that the author(s) do not know who the reviewers are. While no system is perfect, this approach should contribute to an objective evaluation of the quality and integrity of scholarship.

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