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National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition

Publish with the National Resource Center

When the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition was founded in 1986, one of our primary goals was to build a literature base on the first-year experience. We invite your collaboration in our ongoing efforts to provide high-quality resources related to the learning, development, and success of college students in transition.

Contribute Your Knowledge

Many of our publications are submission-driven, and we continue to encourage high-quality manuscripts on research and practice supporting college students in transition. If you would like to submit a practice- or research-based manuscript, we invite you to learn about our publications and review their submission guidelines below.

Our Publications and Submission Guidelines

This semiannual, peer-reviewed journal provides current research on the first college year and other significant student transitions. The Journal's purpose is to share empirical research findings on student transition issues that inform practice in all sectors of postsecondary education, such as:

  • Explorations into the academic, personal, and social experiences (including outcomes related to success, learning, and development) of students at a range of transition points throughout the college years. These transitions include, but are not limited to, the first college year, the transfer transition, the sophomore year, the senior year and transition out of college, and the transition to graduate work
  • Transition issues unique to specific student populations such as non-traditional, traditional, historically underrepresented, transfer, commuter, or part-time
  • Explorations of faculty development, curriculum, and pedagogical innovations connected to any of the transitions identified above

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Contact the Editor: 
Dr. Rishi Sriram
Email: nrcjour@mailbox.sc.edu  

Formerly e-Source, Insights for College Transitions is a free online resource that emphasizes evidence-based strategies for practitioner-scholars who support first-year students and students in transition inside and outside the classroom. Insights is accepting fall 2025 article submissions through May 1, 2025 for the following columns: 

  • Making the Case: Revisiting the Why: An op-ed piece that makes a compelling case for a particular “hot topic” issue.
  • Featured Program: Highlights an exemplarily program related to supporting first-year students and/or students in transition
  • First-Year Seminar Pedagogical Practices: Illustrates first-year seminar pedagogical practices readers can immediately apply to their teaching or facilitation.
  • Research & Assessment: Showcases relevant programmatic assessment, evaluation, or small-scale research.

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Contact the Editor: 
Annie Kelly, Ed.D.
Email: FYEINSIGHTS@mailbox.sc.edu  

Style and Grammar Guidelines

All content should adhere to the standards set forth in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition). This includes format, references, citations, tables, and figures.


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