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?Dear Colleagues, We hope this message finds you well! We'd like to call your attention to a new publication, The Journal for the Study of Postsecondary and Tertiary Education (JSPTE), which is a peer-reviewed, open access, international journal that provides a forum for scholarship pertaining to the advancement of the field broadly as well as graduate preparation programs in particular. The JSPTE seeks submissions of original research based on quantitative, qualitative, mixed, or historical methodologies for its inaugural issue, to be published in Spring 2016. Topics might include but are not limited to the following: * The professional and/or academic knowledge base of tertiary, higher, and postsecondary education * Internationalization of tertiary and postsecondary education as a field of study * Models for organizing and administering higher and postsecondary education programs, departments, institutes, or centers * Curricular designs for master's and/or doctoral (Ed.D, PhD) degrees or certificate /non-degree/continuing education programs * Effective pedagogical practices * Diversity and multiculturalism within the curriculum * Defining, measuring, and ensuring degree quality * Student, new professional, and/or faculty socialization to the field * Graduate outcomes and careers * Faculty preparation, experiences, and careers * The history of the field and/or its sub-specializations * Ethical considerations specific to the study and practice of higher and postsecondary education All submissions must be original, with a 9,000 word limit, and follow APA style guidelines; detailed formatting instructions are provided on JSPTE's website. The deadline for submissions to the Spring 2016 issue is September 1, 2015. There is no cost to authors to submit or publish articles in JSPTE, and all manuscripts should be submitted through the journal website at: http://www.informingscience.org/Journals/JSPTE/ArticleSubmission The Journal's editor-in-chief is Sydney Freeman, Jr. Its editorial board is comprised of Crystal Chambers, Kasha Robinson, Molly Ott, Anna Mountford-Zimdars, Brandon Wolfe, Patricia Somers, and Kandace Hinton, and its advisory board includes Gloria Crisp, Linda Hagedorn, Les Goodchild, Glen Jones, Mary Howard-Hamilton, Joshua Powers, and Dianne Wright. Questions may be directed to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> -- Journal for the Study of Postsecondary and Tertiary Education (JSPTE) [https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B1Lxm6-25KB7SWJUQkZGVURmYVU&export=download]