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Thought & Action Call for Papers

The Thought & Action Review Panel invites submissions for a Special Focus section in the 2007 Thought & Action.
Deadline for submissions: April 15, 2007

In 2007, the National Education Association marks its 150th anniversary. To commemorate this milestone, the Special Focus for the 2007 Thought & Action will be the history of higher education, with a special emphasis on the role of NEA.

Since its founding in 1857, NEA has been involved with the academy. One-fourth of the founding members of the Association came from institutions of higher learning, and for decades, many of the most important voices in higher education were also NEA members. NEA has also long been a defender of academic freedom, establishing a Committee on Academic Freedom in 1935. When the Association first embraced collective bargaining in the mid-1960s, higher education units in Michigan, Massachusetts, and New York were among the first to organize and bargain.

While Thought & Action intends to celebrate NEA’s history with articles on the Association’s history and major milestones in the life of its affiliates, our pages will be open to historical treatment of the entire higher education enterprise, including the history of the idea of American higher education itself, changes in approaches to teaching and learning over time, the history of faculty governance, the origins of the community college, the creation of the public university, the changing status of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the decline of tenure and the rise of the contingent faculty, the evolution of non-teaching staff, the changing role of women in the academy, and academe’s struggle for human and civil rights, among others. We’re especially interested in historical portraits of our students, as the traditional student body has been transformed over the years. In short, the Focus in the 2007 issue hopes to present a historical perspective on the changing academy over the past 150 years.

With the largest circulation of any refereed journal in higher education, Thought & Action continues to welcome well-written, compelling articles on all aspects of life in the academy, especially issues of teaching and learning, innovative approaches to collective bargaining, professional development, and teaching tips. Manuscripts are welcome at any time during the year and will be blind reviewed by our editorial board as they are received.

Authors should send submissions to Con Lehane, NEA Interactive Media, 1201 16th St., N.W., Washington, DC 20036. For more information, contact Con Lehane at clehane@nea.org.