Call for Chapters on General Education in Higher Education

Call for Peer Reviewers: General Education Book Series

The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and Routledge, in association with the Assessment Institute in Indianapolis, are publishing a two-volume book series focusing on general education best practices and reform approaches. These books are edited by C. Edward Watson (AAC&U), Caleb J. Keith (Indiana University Indianapolis), and Kate Drezek McConnell (AAC&U). The editors seek experienced educators and subject matter experts to serve as peer reviewers for chapters submitted for this series. The overarching purpose of the review is to provide formative feedback to authors as they revise toward publication. Those wishing to serve as a peer reviewer for this project should express their interest via the following online form. If interested, please complete the expression of interest form by July 31, 2024.

Call for Chapters: Objectives and Topics

Approximately 3,400 colleges and universities in the United States currently require their students to participate in some form of general education, and general education continues to have an increasing presence throughout global higher education as well. Though general education prepares students for myriad aspects of life beyond college, employers specifically are placing increasing emphasis on the learning outcomes produced by effective general education programs. As a result, higher education institutions are refining and reforming general education to meet the postgraduation needs of their students; however, changes to general education are indeed changes to the institution itself and require broad institutional engagement as well as committed leaders at all levels who possess keen political acumen and inventive ideas.

This edited book seeks to collect campus narratives from a wide array of institutional types and topic domains to facilitate, guide, and support those seeking to improve general education and align it with the evolving needs of their students. Authors will be asked to produce a chapter that is built upon a foundation within the relevant literature and chronicles the practices, strategies, and/or approaches that have been successfully implemented on their campus(es). Chapters will be between 15 to 25 pages in length, adhere to APA (7th edition) guidelines, and contain sufficient detail to enable readers to replicate the described practices within their own context.

Authors were accepted for this project in February and received an invitation to write a chapter for the book in April.

Submission Process

  • December 1, 2023: Brief expression of interest was due
  • February 16, 2024: By this date, selected authors received an invitation to submit a full proposal
  • March 18, 2024: Full proposals were due
  • April 30, 2024: Accepted authors received an invitation to write a chapter for the book along with feedback on their proposal
  • April 30 – June 14, 2024: Consulting conference calls with editors, held as needed
  • July 31, 2024: Full chapter submission deadline
  • September 30, 2024: Results of peer reviews e-mailed to Author(s) with recommendations for revision
  • November 1, 2024: Final chapter submission deadline
  • Spring 2025: Publication is expected

Publication

This book will be co-published by the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and Routledge in association with the Assessment Institute in Indianapolis.

Editors

  • C. Edward Watson

    C. Edward Watson

    Associate Vice President for Curricular and Pedagogical Innovation, AAC&U
  • Caleb Keith

    Caleb J. Keith

    Director of Research Strategy & Initiatives, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)