(NAME-MCE) Harvard Educational Review - Call for Proposals

[Kristy Cooper]

*Call for Proposals*

*"Latino/a Students' Undergraduate Experiences" *

*Symposium in the Harvard Educational Review*

*Proposals due October 20, 2008*

The editors of the *Harvard Educational Review* invite students,
researchers, practitioners, administrators, and policymakers to submit
proposals for manuscripts appropriate for publication in a forthcoming
symposium that will focus on the undergraduate experiences of Latino/a
students.

The symposium will focus on the experiences of Latino/as in higher education
to call attention to the needs and interests of this growing population of
students in the United States whose educational opportunities and successes
will help determine the future of our nation. This symposium underscores our
conviction that ensuring equality of opportunity as well as equality of
success requires looking beyond the college gates to the experiences of
students inside these institutions. We seek to inform educational policies,
practices, and future research that will help promote college access and
persistence to degree for Latino/as as well as advance their individual
development and learning.

We seek two types of submissions for this symposium:

   - *Scholarly submissions* may include qualitative or quantitative
   studies, theoretical pieces, or essays, and should not exceed 9,000 words.
   We ask scholars to include implications for policy and practice in
   postsecondary education as well as K–12 schooling where applicable.
   - *Personal essays* by current or former Latino/a undergraduates should
   address important aspect(s) of their undergraduate experience, and should
   not exceed 3,000 words. We ask students to construct narratives that will be
   instructive to those wishing to have a positive impact on Latino/a student
   success.

We seek studies and commentaries on Latino/a students' social and academic
experiences in a variety of institutional contexts, including, but not
limited to, two- or four-year institutions, Hispanic-serving institutions,
historically black colleges, and predominantly white institutions.

Proposals of up to 500 words should be submitted, along with author CVs for
scholarly submissions, by October 20, 2008 to
HER_manuscripts at gse.harvard.edu. Authors whose proposals are accepted will
be invited to submit full manuscripts for consideration by February 18,
2009. Please direct all queries to HER_manuscripts at gse.harvard.edu.