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Higher Education Journals: The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Chronicle of Higher Education---Newspaper---Article Limit: 1,500 words

Description:

The Chronicle of Higher Education is the No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.

Based in Washington, D.C., The Chronicle has more than 70 writers, editors, and international correspondents.

Online, The Chronicle is published every weekday and is the top destination for news, advice, and jobs for people in academe. The Chronicle's website features the complete contents of the latest issue; daily news and advice columns; thousands of current job listings; an archive of previously published content; vibrant discussion forums; and career-building tools such as online CV management, salary databases, and more.

The Chronicle's audited website traffic is more than 12.8 million pages a month, seen by more than 1.9 million unique visitors.

In print, The Chronicle is published in two sections: Section A, which contains news and jobs, and The Chronicle Review, a magazine of arts and ideas. Subscribers also receive the annual Almanac of Higher Education and special reports on diversity, the academic workplace, online learning, and other topics. The Chronicle newspaper is available in print and digital formats.

The newspaper is subscribed to by more than 51,000 academics and has a total readership of more than 215,000. 

Submission Guidelines:

The Chronicle welcomes correspondence, manuscripts, and proposals for articles from our readers. Articles and letters may appear in our print edition, our website, or both.

   • Send submissions or queries for The Chronicle Review, Commentary, Views and Advice to opinion@chronicle.com.

   • Send letters to letters@chronicle.com.

   • Send What I’m Reading contributions to people@chronicle.com.

Please note: We do not accept content submitted to, accepted by, or published by another publication, printed or online.

The Review

The Chronicle Review is a weekly magazine of ideas. We publish essays, review essays, book reviews, and reporting on academic, intellectual, and cultural affairs. We consider unsolicited submissions; however, please read The Review before submitting your work to familiarize yourself with what we publish. While we cover the academy, we are not a scholarly journal. Essays should be written in a clear, informal style free of jargon and accessible to nonspecialists. We do not print footnotes.

All submissions are carefully reviewed. The decision to accept or reject a manuscript rarely takes more than a week. Because of the volume of submissions, we cannot provide a detailed explanation for why a manuscript has been rejected. All accepted essays and articles are rigorously edited and fact-checked. Authors have the opportunity to review and approve a manuscript before it's published. The editors of The Review will decide where and when the piece is published. Some articles will appear only online. Send submissions or queries to opinion@chronicle.com.

Commentary and Views

We consider articles or proposals for articles that express an opinion on issues and policies affecting higher education as well as those that explore, through the author's personal experience, some aspect of the larger academic community. All Commentary and Views submissions should be 1,000 to 1,200 words and should contain URL links to source material for facts and figures mentioned in the essay. Send submissions or queries to opinion@chronicle.com.

Advice

We publish first-person and advice columns on topics including the job market and the hiring process in academe; the graduate-school experience, tenure and promotion, the administrative career path, and career options for Ph.D.'s; professional challenges in research, publishing, teaching, and service work; academic culture; and balancing work and family.

Essays should be 1,000 to 1,500 words and written in a conversational, journalistic style. Direct further submission queries to denise.magner@chronicle.com.