SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION
GUIDELINES AND CONDITIONS
Mission and Purpose
The South African Journal of Higher Education independent, fully accredited publication, is a medium for articles of interest to researchers and practitioners in higher education, and provides a focal point for the publication of educational research from throughout the world. It is a referee-assisted publication and enjoys the professional support of an international Educational Advisory Board as well as the assistance of Consultant Editors. The journal is interdisciplinary in approach and its purpose is to provide institutions of higher education and professional readers with scholarly information on major innovations in higher education, research projects and trends.
Editorial policy
Articles in English or Afrikaans are invited for consideration provided that they have not been published and are not under consideration elsewhere. Each article should be accompanied by an abstract of 100±150 words on a separate sheet. Articles in Afrikaans must have a summary of 500 words in English preceding the Introduction, and the Conclusion must be repeated in English at the end of the article. The South African Journal of Higher Education publishes original contributions within any field of higher education. The Journal follows a policy of blind peer review and accepts submissions only from Journal subscribers or members of the South African Association of Research and Development in Higher Education. Criteria for acceptance include an approach which is analytical or descriptive, the incorporation of crossnational comparisons and evidence of wide generalisability. The intrinsic interest, conciseness and clarity of submissions are also important considerations, as are the absence of technical jargon and the fact that findings are intelligible to the nonexpert reader.
The Editors reserve the right to place contributions in the section they deem suitable and, to reject submissions without divulging the reason(s) for doing so. No copies of the manuscript or other materials will be returned. A complimentary copy of the relevant issue will be posted to each of the authors whose names appear under the titles of contributions. Two additional copies of the specific issue may be purchased at R50,00 each. No honorarium is paid to authors. Page fees will be charged.
Manuscript submission
Manuscripts that do not conform to the requirements listed below will not be considered for publication.
Three high-quality copies of the manuscript accompanied by an IBM PC-compatible DS/DD diskette and a nonrefundable handling fee of R50,00 (made out to the SAJHE) should be sent to Philip Higgs, Editor- in-Chief, South African Journal of Higher Education, University of South Africa, PO Box 392, Unisa, 0003, Republic of South Africa. The above should also be accompanied by a declaration that the manuscript has been properly edited for language usage together with the name and address of the person who undertook the language editing. Manuscripts should be printed on one side of the paper only, double spaced, with a left margin of at least 3 cm. Copies must not be justified on the right-hand side of the page. Articles may not exceed 5 000 words in length, including the Bibliography, summary and any graphic material.
Headings in bold print and capitals should be placed to the left-hand margin: sub-headings must be underlined.
Quotations of up to 100 words should form part of the normal flow of the text and must be enclosed in single inverted commas. A quotation within a quotation should be indicated by means of double inverted commas.
Quotation of more than 100 words must be blocked and indented five spaces. No italics or quotation marks are to be used unless the piece quoted contains quotation marks or italics. Tables, illustrations and figures must each be placed on a separate sheet, and must not be included in the text. They will not be redrawn, and should therefore be presented as a set of artwork in finished form. The editors reserve the right to refuse publication of any submission in which the artwork is not of an acceptable standard.
A separate page should carry the title of the article, its author(s), and relevant biographical information. The first page of the text proper should carry the title of the contribution, but not the name(s) of the author(s).
References should be listed alphabetically at the end of the article using the following standard form:
Books
Smith R J & Van der Merwe N J 1960. Themes in higher education. London: Benton.
Towards a philosophy of higher education. 1985. Edited by RJ Smith. London: Benton.
Chapters in books
Smith R J 1981. Comparative themes in higher education, in Trends in higher education, edited by JN Green, London: Benton.
Journal articles
Smith R J 1990. Policy studies in higher education. South African Journal of Higher Education, 3(2):51-59.
Theses and dissertations
Smith R J 1984. Critical theory and university transformation. DPhil thesis, University of South Africa, Pretoria.
Newspaper articles
Rand Daily Mail. 1980. 25 June: 7.
Website references
Norwood G 1999. Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
(http://www.deepermind.com/20maslow.htm)
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