The National Education Association Excellence in the Academy Awards are intended to advance the association's commitment to higher education. The Thought & Action Review panel will select the winning articles in each category from among those published in the 2007 issue of the journal. The competition is open to the entire academic community. Prizewinners will also be invited to attend the National Education Association Higher Education Conference as guests of NEA.

The 2007 National Education Association Art of Teaching Prize

A $2,500 award for an article that illuminates one professor's approach to the complex and intangible dynamic that inspires students with a love of learning or an article that offers practical approaches to improving teaching and learning at the college level.

The 2007 National Education Association Democracy in Higher Education Prize

A $2,500 award for an article that contributes to the expansion of the welcoming and democratic culture of higher learning and the ideals of tolerance, justice, and the unfettered pursuit of truth traditional to the academy.

The 2007 National Education Association New Scholar Prize

A $2,500 award for an article by a scholar with less than seven years of full- or part-time employment in higher education. The submission can be made in any of the categories listed above.

Please send manuscript submissions to:

Con Lehane, Editor
Higher Education Publications
National Education Association
1201 Sixteenth Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036 

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