Focus and Scope

The Canadian Journal of Higher Education/La Revue canadienne d’enseignement supérieur (ISSN 0316-1218; 2293-6602) is a peer-reviewed and open-access publication of the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education. CJHE is indexed in Scopus as of October 2020. The journal’s aim is to contribute to research and scholarly debate on higher education in Canada.

The Journal's articles employ a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of higher education. Representative of the multidisciplinary nature of the field, they address a variety of problems and consider different units of analysis to further understanding of Canadian higher education topics such as public policy, institutional governance and administration, community engagement, student success, the curriculum, and organizational change.

The Journal publishes articles reporting original research and book reviews in English and French. We welcome the submission of manuscripts that:

Make an original contribution to the higher education literature
Report on original empirical research studies grounded in theory
Address a significant research problem that is relevant for Canadian higher education

Authors are to closely follow the author guidelines when preparing their manuscript for submission. We do not publish:

Reports on institutional programs or initiatives
Essays
Literature reviews
Unsolicited book reviews