About the Journal
Publisher
The IJAHE is published by the International Network for Higher Education in Africa,
based at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, in cooperation with Boston College (USA).
Sources of Support
Carnegie Corporation of New York (USA)
University of Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa)
Center for international Higher Education, Boston College (USA)
Peer Review
IJAHE follows a "double blind” peer review system to evaluate every unsolicited manuscript.
Authors will be notified on the status of their submissions within the shortest possible time.
All manuscripts sent out to peer-reviewers are accompanied by a letter inviting reviewers to evaluate the scienti?c merit of manuscripts, using the following criteria:
- Importance and relevance of the subject matter
- Originality of the approach
- Soundness of the scholarship
- Degree of interest to the Journal’s readership
- Clarity of organisation
- Strength of the argument
- Writing style/quality
Narrative or descriptive articles lacking in analytical content are not likely to be accepted.
Reviewers are asked to provide one of the following recommendations:
- Publish as it stands
- Publish with minor revisions
- Resubmit/Requires major revisions (to be selected only if the paper has real promise)
- Reject (reviewer supplies comments to be sent to the author)
- Refer to a specialist
- Refer to another journal (reviewer suggests journal titles)
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
The journal content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-
Publication Scheduling
This journal publishes 3 issues per year.
General
Founding Board Members
African Union Commission (AUC)
Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA)
Center for International Higher Education (CIHE), Boston College
International Association of Universities IAU)
Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Subscription information
Until Covid-19, we used to print copies and send it to major university libraries and key players in African higher education. We could do this pro bono due to the funding support we have had for a long time. That has now stopped.
