Letter from CEA and the journal editor.

Justice, Denise ; Steurer, Stephen J. ; Dowdell, John J. 等

There are two important announcement s regarding the Journal of Correctional Education that we would like to share with CEA members.

First, the Journal publishes a "Special Topics" issue every June. This issue enables Journal and CEA leadership to focus on an issue of special importance to the field of correctional education and to invite research and writing on the topic. The CEA Publication Committee approved the following topics for the next three years at the July CEA board meeting.

June 2009 Jail and Community Correction Initiatives in Correctional Education

June 2010 Graduate Student Contributions to Correctional Education

June 211 Teaching 21st Century Skills in Correctional Education

We highly encourage prospective authors to consider their research and writing agendas in light of these special topics and to submit work to be considered in these issues.

The second major announcement from Journal and CEA staff is that we will be initiating manuscript review and publication fees for the Journal of Correctional Education, effective October 1, 2008. Most professional organizations which support academic research in their field by publishing a Journal are experiencing the economic reality of rising printing and publication costs. CEA and the Journal of Correctional Education are not immune to these financial pressures. At the recommendation of the Publication Committee, the CEA Board voted to implement the following schedule of fees for the Journal of Correctional Education.

Manuscript Review Fee--This fee will be required to be paid by the author at the time of submission of their manuscript to the Journal editorial board.

$ 75.00 for non-CEA members

Fee waived for CEA members (individual, student, volunteer or retiree)

Publication Fee--This fee will be charged to authors when their manuscript has been approved for publication in the Journal of Correctional Education and must be received by CEA prior to printing of the respective article.

$ 250.00 for non-CEA members

$ 50.00 for CEA members (individual, student, volunteer or retiree)

It is important to note that the fees above will only be used to support the publication of the Journal. Journal reviewers are invited volunteers on the Journal Editorial Board and are not compensated for their work.

Thank for your continued support of the Journal of Correctional Education. We trust that this new fee structure will not adversely impact our publication and will, in fact, help draw authors into CEA membership and greater involvement in our professional community.

Denise Justice

CEA President

Stephen J. Steurer, PhD.

CEA Executive Director

John J. Dowdell

CEA Journal Editor