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Aims & Scope

Vision:

The vision of the new Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice (JSARP) is to publish the most rigorous, relevant, and well-respected research and practice making a difference in student affairs practice. Especially encouraged are manuscripts that are unconventional in nature, as well as those that blend conventional and unconventional scholarly approaches that challenge the traditional paradigm of research methods, analyses, and presentation of data. We will experiment with scholarship that interrupts the traditional higher education dialogue; publish unique and sometimes unsettling ideas; and discuss topics that challenge the traditional higher education perspectives.

JSARP seeks to publish practice articles that are firmly grounded in research and literature and research articles that speak to practice. We seek to review manuscripts and publish articles that are innovative, imaginative, and forward thinking regarding issues that impact the student affairs field.

While the JSARP Editors appreciate traditional scholarship, we also welcome and will publish articles that move audiences beyond the commonly accepted or expected discourses.

Purpose:

  • Publish and make accessible the highest quality articles on research and practice in the student affairs field.
  • Expose the NASPA membership and JSARP readers to unique commentary and scholarship from multiple methodological forms and perspectives.
  • Support and encourage scholarly contributions from a wide variety of theoretical and conceptual frameworks.
  • Build and extend the literature and knowledge of the student affairs field.
  • Encourage and engage open and critical discourse within and across disciplines from the perspective of student affairs in higher education.
  • Encourage research and scholarly writing by faculty, administrators, and students through editorial feedback and development of current and future authors.